jurand
XS650 Enthusiast
hi chicagoland,
does anybody know guy who can true wheels? chicago and vicinity, help please...
does anybody know guy who can true wheels? chicago and vicinity, help please...
hi chicagoland,
does anybody know guy who can true wheels? chicago and vicinity, help please...
Hi jurand,
yes, it's you.
All you will need is a good quality spoke key and a raft of patience.
If a mag wheel is visibly warped, it's FUBAR so it's wire wheels, right?
If a wire wheel rim is kinked or D-shaped it's rim is FUBAR but you can lace a new rim onto the hub.
If a wire wheel rim is still round but wobbly, THAT, you can fix.
Set the wheel up in a support so it spins free.
Spin it and hold a pencil to mark where the wobble is.
Work on the 4 or 5 spokes in the middle of the wobble.
Loosen the spokes on the high side and tighten the spokes on the low side.
Check the amount of wobble. It should be less. It's a repetitive process, keep at it until it's straight again. +/- 1/16" is good enough.
And where in all that is the ping sound of each spoke being properly torqued? There is wobble side to side, and high and low on the radius. A little more to it than just spin the nipples a little.
- - - I have 2 19's I laced correctly {the easy part IMO}, and need them finished properly. - - -
Hi Dave,
correct lacing is the hard part.
Especially remembering to insert the spokes that enter the hub from the outside first so you don't have to bend them into pretzels to get them past the others.
Truing is simple, if repetitive.
Just keep tightening each spoke in turn a little at a time until they ping nice while constantly checking the rim for truth.
- - - Side to side or wobble i can get "close". Out of round I can't get. Maybe this vid, which is not the best, will show what I mean. Watch the bottom bar on the table, vs the rim flange: - - -
He was serious about that. I got both those wheels after he sold the tracker project. He had them spoked properly but spokes were still just loose, spent an hour or two each and got them trued up. Ran one of them on the resto mod til I went with the 3x18, Still have it with a nice Michelin Pilot Activ on it. Matching rear is on the bench waiting to get laced.OK. I guess I was looking more for newly laced rim advice. To me that is what truing means. I have 2 19's I laced correctly {the easy part IMO}, and need them finished properly. I am not comfortable with that.
Hi jurand,
yes, it's you.
All you will need is a good quality spoke key and a raft of patience.
If a mag wheel is visibly warped, it's FUBAR so it's wire wheels, right?
If a wire wheel rim is kinked or D-shaped it's rim is FUBAR but you can lace a new rim onto the hub.
If a wire wheel rim is still round but wobbly, THAT, you can fix.
Set the wheel up in a support so it spins free.
Spin it and hold a pencil to mark where the wobble is.
Work on the 4 or 5 spokes in the middle of the wobble.
Loosen the spokes on the high side and tighten the spokes on the low side.
Check the amount of wobble. It should be less. It's a repetitive process, keep at it until it's straight again. +/- 1/16" is good enough.