DVO Topaz travel spacer

[PureFM]

I'm trying to chase down a 2.5mm and preferably a 7.5mm travel spacer for a DVO Topaz T3. There are some in Europe but 20-30 euro's postage is a little hard to take for a $3 part.
DVO USA have none and my local agent here in New Zealand has none.
So if anyone has one they are willing to sell and send?
Or if some one could measure one up so I can 3D print one.

Thanks

 

[steve_sordy]

There is no need for all that faff and expense!

Just cut a 5mm one down with a fine saw or a craft knife. Yes, I know they are an irregular shape! Weigh the spacer first on some kitchen scales and then carve away until you get to half the weight. If you don't have digital scales, use a balance and put the discards on one scale and your target on the other.

Below is a composite pic someone sent me.

 

[PureFM]

There is no need for all that faff and expense!

Just cut a 5mm one down with a fine saw or a craft knife. Yes, I know they are an irregular shape! Weigh the spacer first on some kitchen scales and then carve away until you get to half the weight. If you don't have digital scales, use a balance and put the discards on one scale and your target on the other.

Yeah thats fine if I had a 5mm one to cut down. Thanks for the pics, I had seen them previously

I can probably make one using thick nylon washers if I knew how thick to make it. I thought it might be volume based but but that doesn't work when the same spacers are used for 55mm and 63mm shocks..... From photos it appears that the difference is the part below the shoulder....just how much?

Guess i'll just have to air the shock down and temporarily fit bits in there until I get the travel I want.

DVO unsurprisingly didn't reply to my email for dimensions

I did find this pic on PB

 

[steve_sordy]

I will message you with a name and email of a guy at DVO that I found to be very helpful.

Edit: Hmmm, it seems that I cannot send you a message because you haven't been on the Forum long enough. (It's an anti-spam measure). So post more.

 

[ashleydwsmith]

Resurrecting this thread, is it possible to reduce the stroke length of the topaz 3? I would like one on my Whyte but I need a 230 eye to eye and 57.5 stroke length. The one I’ve seen is 60mm

 

[steve_sordy]

Resurrecting this thread, is it possible to reduce the stroke length of the topaz 3? I would like one on my Whyte but I need a 230 eye to eye and 57.5 stroke length. The one I’ve seen is 60mm

This whole thread says that you can adjust the stroke length within the limit of the design. The one I had could be altered from 55 to 50mm stroke. What I don't know is where yours is on the continuum. Is it a 65 to 60 range and is already at the bottom of adjustment or is it a 60 to 55 stroke and can be easily adjusted. You need to do some homework.

I will message you an email address of the tech guy at DVO who was very helpful to me.

Done!