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Truing an old wheel, and scary spoke noises. Help! (2 posts)
|  Truing an old wheel, and scary spoke noises. Help! | GirchyGirchy
Mar 28, 2003 8:09 PM | | I was working on my friend's early 80's road bike, getting it rideable. While truing the wheels, I noticed a sharp pinging noise on some of the spokes...then I realized that instead of turning the nipple, I was rotating the spoke. So was the noise the sound of the tension snapping the the spoke free, so it could rotate on the threads? Or something scarier?
Needless to say, I quit, and it's true now. Is there any danger of some spokes being twisted?
Soon I'm going to begin working on another old bike. Before truing, should I spray some WD-40 around all the nipples, and let it soak in to free the threads? They're steel rims, so I hope I can get them clean enough later so that the WD-40 doesn't kill my brakes.
Thanks for any help in advance!
Brian |
| yes to all | club
Mar 29, 2003 6:58 AM | | when working on old wheels, drop some penetrating oil between nipple and spokes, and between nipple and rim. when truing, turn the nipple until it breaks free of the spoke, then add the turns you need. when your friends rides that wheel, the spokes will ping and creak like crazy, as the wound-up spokes attempt to unwind. the wheel will be in need of re-truing after a ride because of the spokes unwinding again. |
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