flexi headstock conversion

[Cafe.Racer]

I've only measured one - mine. I guess it's because welding the headstock to the downtube would pull it all over the place.

 

Perhaps I should've got him to profile the outside to make it easier to fit.

[Cafe.Racer]

My sleeve came on Friday - fitted it tonight. Only tried it in one of my buggies (main one) and it's just a nice fit.

 

I didn't try it in the 2nd buggy, but I can say that I know that the bushes on my main buggy need to be tapped in, whereas they fall out of the 2nd buggy.

 

So, Steve's right, be careful and measure your headstock. If you are going to guess, I would make the OD 36.5mm, but you might find it too tight (could freeze it in?) or too loose (drill and spot weld?).

 

I still had some up/down float, so I ended up slipping a plastic shim in the bottom (top of a coleslaw pot, cut into an 'O')

[Cafe.Racer]

I had a "Kwick Kite" yesterday lunchtime - love this mod. The smoothness is nice, and it didn't take much getting used to. Two-wheeling is a bit... wobbley at first.

[steved1599968766]

^^ nice isn't it. The best thing I like is no more headstock squeak headaches.

[shaunie boy]

Glad you guys all like this mod. mines been done for two years + now and is still fine and no sqeaks and fork spins are piss easy. enjoy

[Craigy333]

alrite guys, i have a question about the head tube on my flexi buggy, the nut and bolt that go threw the forks is reli tight but i have play in the forks?? do i just need to give it sum to move it, or is it seased or something?! i havent taken it apart or re greased it! had it about year and half but never reli had it out in rain either ( maybe 1ce or 2ce, but always trtied to cover it asap)

 

craig

[smackay116]

new head stock bushes

[Buggy PAUL1599968703]

its been some time now ! so to all you guys that did the mod hows it lasted for you ??

[high.as.a.kite]

One of the 3 that Steve did is for one of my buggies.

Coming up to 2 years now and it's still going fine, and this is the one that was really worn to start with.

From this I'd say that this is a really good mod to do if you get a lot of use out of your buggy, or if you suffer from headstock squeak headaches!

 

I do have headstock covers on mine to keep salt water out.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Flexifoil-kite-buggy-headstock-protective-covers-/270489069251

And I found that the top cover often needs a cable tie around it to stop out from working loose and dropping off.

[Axis]

I am thinking of doing this to my headstock found the bearings which are HK2526 x2 + HK2512 x1 (Total of 64mm length of spacer) was wondering if any one knows the internal Dia. to machine the spacer. I have asked the bearing company and was told the tolerance on these bearings are N6 Not to sure what this means I was thinking of machining them to 36.05mm + 0.05mm - 0.0mm any help appreciated

 

Rob

[steved1599968766]

its been some time now ! so to all you guys that did the mod hows it lasted for you ??

 

Mine's still going strong - & thanks again for your help way back when. Got to say though that my buggy sees very little beach action, so I don't know how it would fair if it was regularly exposed to salt water & sand. Like high.as.a.kite though, I've got the headstock protectors on mine which helps keep crap out of the bearings.

 

Any reason you're asking Paul? Is yours still ok or have you had issues?

[steved1599968766]

I am thinking of doing this to my headstock found the bearings which are HK2526 x2 + HK2512 x1 (Total of 64mm length of spacer) was wondering if any one knows the internal Dia. to machine the spacer. I have asked the bearing company and was told the tolerance on these bearings are N6 Not to sure what this means I was thinking of machining them to 36.05mm + 0.05mm - 0.0mm any help appreciated

 

Rob

 

Hey Axis, see my posts on the previous page of this thread for all the info you need (basically a summary of all the original info from Paul & Shaun). As mentioned, the sleeve will need machining specifically to fit your downtube, but the forks should slip into the bearings nicely without any modding, even if they are worn.

[Axis]

the measurement for the O.D of the bearings was wrong, I wanted to know what size would you machine the bore of the spacer to suit the bearings 32mm O.D.

[steved1599968766]

^^ don't know for sure. I just told the guys who machined the parts for me that the bearings needed to be a press fit - I.e. nice & snug to the point of needing a little force to insert them in to the sleeve.

 

Are you machining the sleeve yourself? If someone is doing it for you then I recommend giving them the bearings and the downtube as well and getting them to make up the whole assembly for you. I also gave my guys the nylon inserts to machine down too. All I then had to do was apply a little marine grease and drop the forks in.

[Buggy PAUL1599968703]

Mine's still going strong - & thanks again for your help way back when. Got to say though that my buggy sees very little beach action, so I don't know how it would fair if it was regularly exposed to salt water & sand. Like high.as.a.kite though, I've got the headstock protectors on mine which helps keep crap out of the bearings.

 

Any reason you're asking Paul? Is yours still ok or have you had issues?

hi mate mines fine just grease it once a year no issues !! i was just looking for this thread for someone si i can link it to them so thought i would ask thanks Paul.