Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
........ But if you should be able to ride past a shop you might ask if they can cut 3mm off the drive side spokes..
It is VERY VERY difficult to cut off LESS than the whole threaded portion of the spoke and re-thread. This is because it is difficult (sometimes impossible depending on the tooling) to extend rolled threads.
NOTE: spokes have rolled, not cut threads. Rolling threads moves material about, it does not remove material.
Personally, I recommend purchasing new drive side spokes.