Originally Posted by
xxguitarist
How could the seller tell if the eyelet has broken?
I'm getting a good enough price on these that the rear is basically free anyway.
You haven't said what the wheel is. If it is a Cosmic Carbone with a broken eyelet you can't really see the eyelet. As you continue to tighten the nipple to straighten the rim, you will run out of threads on the spoke and then there is no way to true the wheel. MAVIC informed me that there was no way to repair the wheel. I think it MIGHT be done if you had the correct eyelet. You also need the correct MAVIC nipple tool.
Someone else was at this forum recently with the same problem.
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...Carbone+eyelet