Subject: RE: Disk front ends
Author: murp-@aol.com
Date: Jan 29, 2001, 8:01 PM
Post ID: 1705174920
David,
After all this, I may never sleep again!! The plot thickens, as Mark
says that he measured 4 wheels and found the hubs to be in the middle,
although I would like him to verify that these were all disk Eldo front
wheels. My next question is this: would a T3 front wheel fit the disk
Eldo forks. If what David says is really what the desingers did, then a
T3 wheel would not fit to the calipers.
The bottom line question is this: if I use the same bearing (and
disk) carrier as is on the right, and the same spacer, will it fit? Dave
says no, but what do you think, Mark?
Sleepless in Plano, TX. (Brian)
David Washburn wrote:
murp-@aol.com wrote:
You could sleep with this question gnawing at your entrails?
Believe it. The Bob Nolan spacer mentioned by KO makes up the difference and it is significant. I have one screwed to my wheel as we speak.
Amen brother, but this is what happened: Guzzi took the newly developed Tonti front end and fitted to the Eldo. They couldn't use the "T" bearing carriers because of the ungainly width of the Eldo front end. Thrifty to the last, they used one carrier and designed one new one to make it fit. Voila, the bike is cancelled and the part is never made again because it only fits one bike made for one year.
I am going to flip my wheel, switch my carriers and try again. It's cheap and it might work. If not I have my machinist's number on speed dial for that shim. David in NYC |