Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
Oh boy, I've got a lot of learning to do!
Thank you all for responding!
I *think* it's the same as the front wheel now. I'm concerned that it appears right, but I didn't follow the instructions. Or the instructions were off for what I was doing.
I put the wheel on the frame to attempt to true it- at first, half the wheel pulled to the left- I set the wheel on the ground and pressed all around in both directions- now it seems the whole wheel is off to the left.
To be honest- I got farther than I thought I would- I think I'm going to take this into a shop to and stick them with un-****ing this.
You need a Yankee Screwdriver. Very cool too, every wheel builder should want one. Basically you can push, pull and the helix screw shaft extends, depending on the collet ring orientation you can wind or unwind a whole wheel very fast.
When building, you have to take care to know you have a good spoke length calculated and take the nipples up to the same spot, but if you build any amount of wheels... Necessary. I just value my time.
http://www.nickh.org/yankee/