MIP lightweight TLR 22 race topshaft review (MIP16030)

(Stock topshaft on left, MIP topshaft on right)

I picked up an MIP all-aluminum topshaft for my 22T 2.0.  It was pretty cheap and I’ve been looking for ways to add speed for not a lot of money, so at $12 this was a cheap buy.

The MIP topshaft improves on the stock topshaft in a couple of ways.  It’s all aluminum instead of a two-part aluminum topshaft and steel threaded rod like the TLR part.  I’ve had the threaded rod back out on me before, so having a one piece design is nice.  It’s also 1 gram lighter than stock and has cut gears, so it should be slightly faster than the stock topshaft.

The final nicety is that it uses a standard M5 locknut so you can use your 7.0mm nut drive on it to make adjustments.  The stock nut is so small, I found that at tight slipper settings it would tweak the angle of the spring a little bit and not apply even pressure on the slipper plates.  With the thicker threading and bigger nut, I find the spring works a little more consistently.

Here it is mounted with my Avid slipper and garodisc pads: