I have a MTB with a brown front fork following an unplanned meeting with a tree on a downhill ride recently. I have managed to source a replacement suspended front fork which arrived recently. This has now been fitted and appears to work fine.
I do have a problem though. The new fork has both V-brake and disc brake and has been used with disc brakes. However it has no V-brake pivots and I have managed to removed my old pivot from the damaged fork hoping to install it. Unfortunately it was too small to fit into the new fork. It seems my old fork uses M8 thread whereas the new one uses M10. I popped down to Halfrauds yesterday but they don't have such parts for sale. In fact, the lad could even understand what it was even with me showing it to him.
Questions:
1) where can I find some replacement pivot mounting pins?
2) more worryingly, is the diameter of the pivot pin onto which the V-brake pivots all standard? ie is the internal diameter of the V-brakes all standard? The reason why I asked is because looking at some replacement V-brake levers (the one that holds the pad, not the one on the handle bar which you pull) the hold seems to be bigger than my old one - which are SRAM 7. Hope that makes sense.
Thanks for any advice.
I do have a problem though. The new fork has both V-brake and disc brake and has been used with disc brakes. However it has no V-brake pivots and I have managed to removed my old pivot from the damaged fork hoping to install it. Unfortunately it was too small to fit into the new fork. It seems my old fork uses M8 thread whereas the new one uses M10. I popped down to Halfrauds yesterday but they don't have such parts for sale. In fact, the lad could even understand what it was even with me showing it to him.
Questions:
1) where can I find some replacement pivot mounting pins?
2) more worryingly, is the diameter of the pivot pin onto which the V-brake pivots all standard? ie is the internal diameter of the V-brakes all standard? The reason why I asked is because looking at some replacement V-brake levers (the one that holds the pad, not the one on the handle bar which you pull) the hold seems to be bigger than my old one - which are SRAM 7. Hope that makes sense.
Thanks for any advice.