Hi

I have a question in regards to timing. What I mean by that is this.

I had to replace 6 spokes on my rear wheel because my chain jumped of the casset to the inside and scratched up a few spokes. I m leaving for a road trip with a lot of riding and I didn't want any spokes breaking while I was away from home.

So I replaced them all at the same time. I then tightened them to pitch like tuning my guitars. Then I started truing up the side to side motion (fish tailing). Once I had a good straight rim I started truing the hop (pourposeing)sp? I noticed that when I loosened up the spokes to let the rim move outward(away from the hubs) it didn't respond near as well as when I tightened other places to bring it in.

So is this the proper way to do it, or should I have started thinking about up/down when I started getting closer to finishing the side to side motion?

I am within 1/16" side to side but not quite as good in/out. Will the part that needs to move outward from the hub move over time? Should I tighten up everything else to match? Af6ter I finished I pinched the spokes together ( like closing pliers) to set them. What else could I have done to make them drift/set, ( I don't know your language in bike speak).

Lastly my drive side has more tension than does the opposite. Is that normal?

Thanks for your input

Ryan