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Old 12-14-09 | 02:30 PM
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chico1st
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Originally Posted by operator
I would advise you not to attempt to true that wheel unless it's significantly out. Wheels like that tend to like to break spokes on truing given it's crappy condition from the pictures. You don't really learn anything by attempting to true a wheel which probably has seized/extremely hard to turn nipples.
After leaving that penetrating oil on the nipples for ~20 hours I just twisted one of the nipples and it seemed to come fairly easily... creaky but not too bad... I dont plan to true anymore than necessary.
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