14mm axle for 10mm

[spesh]

is it possible to put a 10mm axle in a 14mm axle wheel?

[Philbert]

in theory it's possible!

spacers to get the right distance between bearings, and bearings come in all sorts of sizes so they'd more than likely be obtainable, question is, is it worth it? for what it will cost you to get the necessary parts and do the job you can probably pick up a brand new 10mm hub

[Gary72]

I was wondering this, sounds like above is talking about sealed bearings which are easily available, just bought some new ones for redline cranks for £3 posted of ebay, is it possible with the looseball and cone hubs?

[spesh]

ive got some hoffman 4130 forks that are 10mm drop-outs but i only have a 14mm axle wheel
and i dont want to bugger about changing hubs and laceing wheels so this seems the easy option

[CD17]

You could use something like the Peregrine Phlat Jack Hubs, where they can be used with 10mm or 14mm Dropouts as the sides have flats, Iv got a few pairs that I can take some pic's tomorrow.

[Wayne Ryder]

Takes a while to get it nice & flat, and the second side HAS to line up, but I've filed a couple of 14mm axles to fit 10mm forks. Only the part that fits into the dropout, so it looks like they've got sort of a flat channel about 10mm wide.
No problems from either wheel, and no work required on the forks. It also means they don't turn when you put the nuts onto them, which is a pet gripe.

[motomagII]

as wayne says file then flat on 2 sides to 9.5 mm so they fit into the 10mm forks works treat

[TwoBobRob]

Be very careful not to file any thread down that the wheelnut wants to sit on - you'll very likely end up stripping wheelnuts when you do them up......

[Philbert]

find yourself a nice friendly machine shop that will flat them down!

i got some done a few years ago and it only cost me a fiver per axle.


and its unlikely you'll be able to step an unsealed hub down as the bearing runner's on an unsealed hub are often part of the shell. bigger bearings to step it down won't fit

[vdubferret]

Machine shop idea done with me. Another potential issue is getting larger wheel nuts onto frame partic at rear. On 14MM my axle nuts were too big to get past the framework of a Haro FST & have had to tighten wheel up further forward than would like...so anyone know if a KMC K710 100 link chain (with a splitter) can be shortened further??