Need Some Wheel help
03-17-10 | 09:46 AM
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Crushing it All the Time
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Need Some Wheel help
So i had never worked on a wheel before, aside from like a tube change, and really ****ed up my wheel. I was doing some truing on a new kilo tt front wheel and it seems i "expanded the wheel?" Its bad to the extent the wheel wont even spin because the tire is rubbing on the fork so bad. Any help would be appreciative and also thanks in advance.
03-17-10 | 10:03 AM
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From: A Coffin Called Earth. or Toronto, ON
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do you have the proper tools?
maybe search mechanics forum, park tools website or sheldon brown website?
maybe search mechanics forum, park tools website or sheldon brown website?
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03-17-10 | 10:18 AM
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Try this:
1. Loosen every single nipple until you can see just one thread on the spoke.
2. Starting at the valve hole, gradually (1/2 turn at a time) tighten each nipple by the same amount. It's going to take several times around the wheel to bring the spokes up to tension but don't try to speed the process by doing too much at once.
3. True the wheel by tightening and loosening opposing pairs of spokes by an equal amount.
Alternative, take the whole wheel to somebody who knows what he's doing.
1. Loosen every single nipple until you can see just one thread on the spoke.
2. Starting at the valve hole, gradually (1/2 turn at a time) tighten each nipple by the same amount. It's going to take several times around the wheel to bring the spokes up to tension but don't try to speed the process by doing too much at once.
3. True the wheel by tightening and loosening opposing pairs of spokes by an equal amount.
Alternative, take the whole wheel to somebody who knows what he's doing.
03-17-10 | 10:22 AM
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03-17-10 | 10:42 AM
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Try this:
1. Loosen every single nipple until you can see just one thread on the spoke.
2. Starting at the valve hole, gradually (1/2 turn at a time) tighten each nipple by the same amount. It's going to take several times around the wheel to bring the spokes up to tension but don't try to speed the process by doing too much at once.
3. True the wheel by tightening and loosening opposing pairs of spokes by an equal amount.
Alternative, take the whole wheel to somebody who knows what he's doing.
1. Loosen every single nipple until you can see just one thread on the spoke.
2. Starting at the valve hole, gradually (1/2 turn at a time) tighten each nipple by the same amount. It's going to take several times around the wheel to bring the spokes up to tension but don't try to speed the process by doing too much at once.
3. True the wheel by tightening and loosening opposing pairs of spokes by an equal amount.
Alternative, take the whole wheel to somebody who knows what he's doing.
well its a learning experience. i plan on replacing the wheels eventually so in the mean time i'll try and just fix the one i have. i will definitely try this out though.
also pic in a sec
03-17-10 | 11:10 AM
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