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Could I get a 27.5 Pike Select and lower it to 80mm for my 26 P3?

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flag Miles2423
Posted: Dec 20, 2021 at 16:23 Quote
Trying to save cash here , would it be possible to get a 27.5 pike select and have it lowered to 80mm (to maintain good angles) and have it work on my 26 P3?
flag Trinimon
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Posted: Dec 22, 2021 at 9:21 Quote
Miles2423 wrote:
Trying to save cash here , would it be possible to get a 27.5 pike select and have it lowered to 80mm (to maintain good angles) and have it work on my 26 P3?

Can you even get a 27.5 Pike in less than 120mm? I have a 27.5 Pike with a 120mm air spring I would love to use in a DJ build if this was possible.
flag Miles2423
Posted: Dec 23, 2021 at 0:59 Quote
Trinimon wrote:
Miles2423 wrote:
Trying to save cash here , would it be possible to get a 27.5 pike select and have it lowered to 80mm (to maintain good angles) and have it work on my 26 P3?

Can you even get a 27.5 Pike in less than 120mm? I have a 27.5 Pike with a 120mm air spring I would love to use in a DJ build if this was possible.

I do know you can lower to 100 but I’m not sure about the 80mm I want
flag Trinimon
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Posted: Dec 23, 2021 at 8:22 Quote
I think the 2019 and older Pikes, the 29er you could get in 100mm because it was the same 120mm air spring for the 27.5.

If you figure out how to get a 27.5 to 80mm please do post it. Though 100mm shouldn't be too bad as well. I really don't want to drop a bunch of $$ on a dedicated DJ fork if I could recycle my Pike. lol
flag Miles2423
Posted: Dec 23, 2021 at 10:12 Quote
Trinimon wrote:
I think the 2019 and older Pikes, the 29er you could get in 100mm because it was the same 120mm air spring for the 27.5.

If you figure out how to get a 27.5 to 80mm please do post it. Though 100mm shouldn't be too bad as well. I really don't want to drop a bunch of $$ on a dedicated DJ fork if I could recycle my Pike. lol

Exactly my thinking, I’ll keep looking into it and come back with any news!
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Posted: Dec 23, 2021 at 15:55 Quote
Miles2423 wrote:
Exactly my thinking, I’ll keep looking into it and come back with any news!

I'll keep poking around to see if I find anything as well about a conversion.

A thread I read was that the regular Pike was a bit too soft even when locked out with higher PSI and 4 tokens.

I guess if it comes down to desperation, Manitou Circus Expert isn't too badly priced, half the cost of a Pike DJ but then it's 20x110 axle. Arghhh... just when you think you found a workaround, the money pit opens. lol
flag stoobot
Posted: Dec 24, 2021 at 3:00 Quote
can be done pretty easily but requires cutting/redrilling the air shaft
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Posted: Dec 24, 2021 at 8:21 Quote
stoobot wrote:
can be done pretty easily but requires cutting/redrilling the air shaft

That's awesome. Funny 'nuff, I just read about someone doing that.

I have an old 140mm solo-air shaft I can experiment with cutting down. I read that it has longer threads (maybe not on the 140 if I chop 40mm off) so may not need to hit it with the die. To deal with the regular Pike being "too soft for DJ" issue, depending on the year of the Pike (they changed the thread pitch), you can use the Pike DJ top cap kit on it.

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I read one guy used a top-out bumper on the shaft to reduce the travel instead of cutting the air shaft. This supposedly only works if you have an older fork that does not have the equalization dimple in the stanchion.

Edit: Just realized you can't cut down a Debonair air shaft as it has a nut on the end. I guess you can if you have a lathe and then tap it. Turns out there is a 110 Solo Air shaft for the Revelation with 35mm stanchions but good luck finding them since they switched to Debonair.
flag stoobot
Posted: Dec 30, 2021 at 1:40 Quote
Trinimon wrote:
stoobot wrote:
can be done pretty easily but requires cutting/redrilling the air shaft

That's awesome. Funny 'nuff, I just read about someone doing that.

I have an old 140mm solo-air shaft I can experiment with cutting down. I read that it has longer threads (maybe not on the 140 if I chop 40mm off) so may not need to hit it with the die. To deal with the regular Pike being "too soft for DJ" issue, depending on the year of the Pike (they changed the thread pitch), you can use the Pike DJ top cap kit on it.

photo

I read one guy used a top-out bumper on the shaft to reduce the travel instead of cutting the air shaft. This supposedly only works if you have an older fork that does not have the equalization dimple in the stanchion.

Edit: Just realized you can't cut down a Debonair air shaft as it has a nut on the end. I guess you can if you have a lathe and then tap it. Turns out there is a 110 Solo Air shaft for the Revelation with 35mm stanchions but good luck finding them since they switched to Debonair.

no no... Push the pin out that's holding the top part to the air shaft, cut off the amount you want to lower the fork by and re-drill the hole for the pin.
flag Trinimon
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Posted: Dec 30, 2021 at 9:08 Quote
stoobot wrote:
no no... Push the pin out that's holding the top part to the air shaft, cut off the amount you want to lower the fork by and re-drill the hole for the pin.

Ahh, never thought about doing that. I figured that pin was locked into place, at least on the Debonair shafts. I tried tapping it out but it didn't budge. I'll have to wait till I can get to my basement workshop at my folks place after the holidays. Thanks for that advice, def a game changer if I can hammer that pin out without damaging the head.

I don't have my old first gen debonair shaft handy to see how that one is fitted...
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