Update: Thanks for all that helped - tried a 200mm x 51mm fox float on this frame and the brake brace plate still bottomed out so I a guess I am machining down the plate or making a new one. I am not sure why it doesn't work with a manufacturer spec'd shock size, a little bit of a headache...
So after contacting santa cruz they hinted that it was meant to run a 200x50mm shock with my particular model. You can see a big difference between my two 97 hecklers for comparison (one on the right runs a 200x57mm). I may CNC my own plate so i can run a 200x57 coil over that i already have...
I have another 97 heckler and I am trying to replicate the same angles while building a lighter bike. Going with a 100mm fork (the other heckler has a 125mm)
I have two different shocks, 7.5x2" and 7.875x2.25" (200x57) and niether one looks like it will work.
I might have to cut down that...
I have a 1997 v2 that has a smaller plate, the v1 plate looks like this and looks like I am limited to less than 2" of travel.
Does your plate look like this?
Help:
Building up my second 1997 Santa Cruz Heckler but this time it didn't come with hardware or a shock. I wanted to try a 7.5x2" air shock (to get a slacker head tube angle) I have but It seems like the frame will interfere when I go under 6" of shock eye to eye. Full bottom at 5.5" would...
Not sure all of the years it will fit, but it would fit my 2000 S-Works FSR XC with the correct shim washers and bolts stated in the listing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/282153539802?ss ... 1558.l2649
Will calculate international shipping if you contact me through ebay
Bidding Starts at...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-CNC-MRP ... SwYlJW5x1N
Ebay auction ends 4/3/2016
Hard to find part thought I would post it here. Loooking for a new swingarm for that frame and selling this off to fund it.
Vintage CNC White Industries Hub NOS Rock Shox Floating Disk Brake GT Lobo LTS
Originally designed for the 1999 GT Lobo and STS, but can be used to convert any vintage frame to disk brakes.
The NEW (Old Stock non Retail Packaging) Rock Shox Floating disk brake caliper and bracket are precision...