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My bike, (Banshee Spitfire) has a rear maxle?, 2 piece, long bit goes right through, small bolt goes in the end and tensions long piece against the drop out and they both tighten up with an Allen key.
Can I replace this with a QR type maxle?
Current on like this one?
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http://www.ison-distribution.com/ are the UK distributor so they may know if no one on here has changed theirs for another type
Here we go.....
I've got one on my hong fu frame
Nope.. That's a Shimano E-Thru axle, the Spitfire uses the Maxle standard which is a thicker thread and no nut on the end. The end nut that comes with the axle the Spitfire comes with is a safety nut to stop the axle from unthreading over time and threads into the axle rather than onto it, the same thing is achieved with the q/r lever on a maxle.
There are 3 142x12 axle standards currently :
Maxle : Thick thread no nut, flat interface on the Q/R end.
E-Thru : Thin thread with nut, flat interface on the hex/QR end
Syntace X12 : Thin thread, no nut and domed interface on QR end.
Aren't standards fun.!! 🙄
Bungalistic, yes, spot on.
I contacted Banshee, the thread is the same as Rockshox maxle.