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RACE, AND NEED THE  BLACK CAP THAT COVER THE BOLT THAT'S WHY THE WASHER HAS THE GROOVE LINIING

Last edited by josare714 (2013-02-08 1:08pm)

so they make a different washer for freestyle?.  anyone got one for sale?

Can anyone help?

K.   I saw a pot t mod bolt on porkchop.  I wasnt sure if they made a washer designed for it or not.  But drilling it seems pretty easy.

This same stem was used for freestyle and Race bikes. It is a 88-89 stem. The missing cap was just for looks and its made of plastic. It clips into that washer and they got lost all of the time. If you want to use it for freestyle you just need to get a potts mod blot for it and runs a Gyro... Or you can drill out that dimple on the top to run a cable through if you want to run an ACS style (UFO) rotor. If you do drill the hole out you will just need to make sure you can put a brake anchor or threaded brake hangar in that hole to hold the brake cable itself.

Thank you so much.   The pott mod im buyin comes wit a wedge. So i should be good there.    I saw a plastic piece for sale on ebay for like 10$   but to be honest i like it better without it.  I just gotta get the bolt and drillout the washer

hmmm..... whatchabuildin???

Lincoln/allen pk.....        lil bit all over....kid went to huron high

Man,I hope that bolt and wedge work for you. The wedge has to fit the stem quil right or it won't grip well. I bought one from Porkchop and it didn't go with my Haro group 1 stem at all so I had to run it on a generic stem I had. Once I got it all set up on my rider after only a few stunt runs the whole stem twisted sideways because the wedge wasn't gripping.

The whole stem and wedge thing has to be just right or it won't work unless your not doing freestyle.

Hope it works out for you

Bshotti wrote:

i suppose i can drill and tap out my existing wedge.  do u think that would work?   i still would have to purchase the hollow bolt though

I would order a stem bolt and wedge that come together. They have to be compatible with eachother. Threading and bolt diameters can all be different. Last time I checked Porkchop was out of the one you would need.

Once you get the bolt and wedge as I stated up top the wedge has to be compatible with the stem quil.The cut angle on the bottom. If your wedge isn't compatible with the stem quil and you absolutely have to keep that stem then take it to a machine shop and have them cut and adjust your stem to match the wedge and bolt. I have a machine shop down the road from me and one at my work and it's amazing what they've been able to do for me. They only charged me $10 to re knurl and pop a Haro Group 1 stem back together when it came lose once. Then I had them do all the others I had that came lose.

It may be easier for you to just get another stem thats designed for freestyle with the original Potts Mod bolt and all other hardware. I have found that racing stems sometimes have the smaller bolts than the freestyle stems. It also may hold up better.

Sorry for taking up so much of your thread. Good luck.

k thx for thehelp dude.  i gotta find me a bolt still.  i wont be doin any tricks on it   just cruising down the block wit me kiddies