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Chinese Carbon MTB => 29er => Topic started by: nstrug on May 15, 2024, 05:10:37 AM
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Hi -
Light Carbon 917 almost finished.
First time building an FS bike, although built loads of hardtails and road/gravel bikes.
My one niggle is I have clearance on the trunnion mount that I'm not happy with. It's 0.2mm on the NDS side which I can live with but a whopping 1.1mm on the DS which I think will put undue stress on the shock mounts when torqued up.
Is this to be expected and what do people generally do in this case? I have a 3D printer so could print a spacer easily enough and as its only in compression it should be solid enough.
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I have metal spacers on both sides of my shock on the trunnion bolts. I thought my frame came with them.
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Turned out that the DS lower bearing was not pressed completely home and as a result the spacer was sitting slightly into the frame mount resulting in a gap. Pressed it home and all was fine.
I've since ridden the bike and it's spectacularly good - climbs beautifully and very assured on the downhills.