Front axle swap

.blitz

Morning all. I have an NS Metropolis 2 with Marzocchi DJ3 forks. I understand the forks have 10 mm dropouts and the Joytech front hub is 9 mm:


I also have some Society Xeno forks that I'd like to fit instead of the DJs. The Xenos are 20 mm thru-axle like Domains/Boxxers but they come with inserts so that they can be used with a std QR wheel (they use a bolt-through skewer instead of the QR skewer)

My question is what do I need to do to fit the NS's front wheel into the Xeno forks? I haven't taken the wheel out yet but I imagine I could just swap the solid axle for a piece of hollow axle, cut to length :?

Cheers

nicklouse

cant remember the suntour system can you get pics up. I did have a play years ago when the Xeno first came out.

you may have to fit a Qr axel hollow rather than the solid one.

TBH I would not change the forks.

.blitz

The Xenos with 20mm axle...


...and with the QR inserts:


They work fine I used them on the Chucker with the Cannondale's old QR front wheel.

you may have to fit a Qr axel hollow rather than the solid one.

Any idea what kind of hollow axle would fit?

nicklouse

any "standard" one with an axel length that will fir between the drop outs. but you will get up with a flexier fork.

Chunkers1980

Looks like standard qr will work, but the qr mechanism won't, you'll need to take that off

nicklouse

Chunkers1980 wrote:

Looks like standard qr will work, but the qr mechanism won't, you'll need to take that off

yes take it off and then fit the hub and then fit the Qr.

but he would need a new axel and then would have a hollow Qr axel rather than a solid nutted one.

.blitz

nicklouse wrote:

any "standard" one with an axel length that will fir between the drop outs

Could you please define 'standard' axle Nick? My lbs is a glass'n'marble emporium stocked with jewel-encrusted Maxles and ivory brake levers etc. I would have to wear a disguise if I went in and asked for a bit of axle

Chunkers1980 wrote:

Looks like standard qr will work, but the qr mechanism won't, you'll need to take that off

Yes the Xenos come with a bolt-through skewer that replaces the std QR

nicklouse

you will have to check the thread pitch and then see if there is anything special on the axel. is it cone and cup or cartridge bearings? if cartridge you will have to talk to a shop and see what is possible. where it might be an idea to compare a joy tech 20mm hub.

but without knowing more about the hub it is hard to guess as it could be anything in there.

standard such as shimano Qr axel (which may or may not have the same thread pitch).

.blitz

nicklouse wrote:

you will have to check the thread pitch and then see if there is anything special on the axel. is it cone and cup or cartridge bearings? if cartridge you will have to talk to a shop and see what is possible. where it might be an idea to compare a joy tech 20mm hub.

but without knowing more about the hub it is hard to guess as it could be anything in there.

standard such as shimano Qr axel (which may or may not have the same thread pitch).

Yup I'm hoping it's Shimano compatible because I have a spare front axle.

Will have a look at the weekend thanks anyway