Brettoll Posted November 28 Report Share Posted November 28 (edited) Hello trials hive mind! Running full Shimano driver Chris King ISO rear hub and read in the interwebs, tested it at home - that most common spacer kits don't typically fit the driver.. Looking for some help if anyone has used any spacers to single speed one? I know TrialTech carbon ones fit (rocking horse poop), even considering getting a full cassette on it and just leaving it be.. TIA - Brett Edited November 28 by Brettoll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant wildman Posted November 28 Report Share Posted November 28 Never had an issue with fitting single speed spacers to any of my king hubs… Most SS spacers don’t have a spines anymore either. Not to teach you to suck eggs, but use the widest base sprocket you can as the alloy freehub on king hubs is soft, it will dig in. steel freehub/drive shells are hard to come by. Torquingthe lock ring to 40nm should help reduce this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant wildman Posted November 28 Report Share Posted November 28 Sorry for the bad picture, but here’s one of my ISO hubs with a cheap Superstar SS spacer kit fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettoll Posted November 29 Author Report Share Posted November 29 (edited) 15 hours ago, grant wildman said: Never had an issue with fitting single speed spacers to any of my king hubs… Most SS spacers don’t have a spines anymore either. Not to teach you to suck eggs, but use the widest base sprocket you can as the alloy freehub on king hubs is soft, it will dig in. steel freehub/drive shells are hard to come by. Torquingthe lock ring to 40nm should help reduce this. Thank you for that Grant, attempted to pop a set I had lying around - think it's a Halo one, but just not having it. Have a wide sprocket that is a given as remember them being soft! Will have a look and find something similar to the Superstar as they don't produce them anymore. Edited November 29 by Brettoll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 29 Report Share Posted November 29 It's not just damage to the drive splines causing problems is it? I've had it before where the internal clearance on the spacers is minimal and a little filing of any burrs on the drive shell has made all the difference to getting them to fit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettoll Posted November 29 Author Report Share Posted November 29 24 minutes ago, monkeyseemonkeydo said: It's not just damage to the drive splines causing problems is it? I've had it before where the internal clearance on the spacers is minimal and a little filing of any burrs on the drive shell has made all the difference to getting them to fit. A worthy point as well, the splines are worn but not horrific and I can get a splined single speed sprocket on it - just seems the diameter is out a mm or so for the spacers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted December 1 Report Share Posted December 1 On 11/28/2024 at 4:39 PM, Brettoll said: Running full Shimano driver Chris King ISO rear hub and read in the interwebs, tested it at home - that most common spacer kits don't typically fit the driver.. Got a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted December 1 Report Share Posted December 1 I still have a TrialTech singlespeed spacer kit in my spares box from when i ran a CK rear hub. Sprockets and cassettes would fit fine. I ended up using the spacers between the cogs on a cassette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago You running a 15t sprocket on it? Do you want a Chris King wide sprocket to keep it bling as I've had one in a jug in our kitchen for about 10 years doing nothing 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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