1961 CB72 Project

[G-Man]

LM - No problem so far but I haven't fully trued the rims, yet.

G

Did you get the rear wheel spokes to be the same length at the nipples G? .............lm





G

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[LOUD MOUSE]

Please let me know. ........................lm

LM - No problem so far but I haven't fully trued the rims, yet.

G

Did you get the rear wheel spokes to be the same length at the nipples G? .............lm





G

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[G-Man]

LM

What do you think the issue is? I did notice that some of the rear spoke nipples ran further on to the spoke than the front ones. Do you have a particular issue?

With older British bikes and aftermarket spokes it is common to have to grind off any excess spoke after final truing.

G

Please let me know. ........................lm

LM - No problem so far but I haven't fully trued the rims, yet.

G

Did you get the rear wheel spokes to be the same length at the nipples G? .............lm





G

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[LOUD MOUSE]

I know of a person who paid to have his rear rim spooked and it has the nipples on one side threaded down almost to the end of the spoke and the other about half way down.
This will throw the rim a bit to one side. .....................lm

LM

What do you think the issue is? I did notice that some of the rear spoke nipples ran further on to the spoke than the front ones. Do you have a particular issue?

With older British bikes and aftermarket spokes it is common to have to grind off any excess spoke after final truing.

G

Please let me know. ........................lm

LM - No problem so far but I haven't fully trued the rims, yet.

G

Did you get the rear wheel spokes to be the same length at the nipples G? .............lm





G

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[G-Man]

LM

OK - I don't think I'm going to have that problem. Will let you know when I have finished the truing.

G

I know of a person who paid to have his rear rim spooked and it has the nipples on one side threaded down almost to the end of the spoke and the other about half way down.
This will throw the rim a bit to one side. .....................lm

LM

What do you think the issue is? I did notice that some of the rear spoke nipples ran further on to the spoke than the front ones. Do you have a particular issue?

With older British bikes and aftermarket spokes it is common to have to grind off any excess spoke after final truing.

G

Please let me know. ........................lm

LM - No problem so far but I haven't fully trued the rims, yet.

G

Did you get the rear wheel spokes to be the same length at the nipples G? .............lm





G

[/quote]

[LOUD MOUSE]

Thanks G. .................lm

LM

OK - I don't think I'm going to have that problem. Will let you know when I have finished the truing.

G

I know of a person who paid to have his rear rim spooked and it has the nipples on one side threaded down almost to the end of the spoke and the other about half way down.
This will throw the rim a bit to one side. .....................lm

LM

What do you think the issue is? I did notice that some of the rear spoke nipples ran further on to the spoke than the front ones. Do you have a particular issue?

With older British bikes and aftermarket spokes it is common to have to grind off any excess spoke after final truing.

G

Please let me know. ........................lm

LM - No problem so far but I haven't fully trued the rims, yet.

G

Did you get the rear wheel spokes to be the same length at the nipples G? .............lm





G

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[DJM]

I had just this problem when I rebuilt the wheels on my CB77 a couple of years ago.
Some of the spokes were run right down and sticking through into the inside of the wheel while others had threads showing outside of the nipple, this was despite using correct OEM spokes and re-using the original rims, I was puzzled.

I took the wheels to an experienced wheel builder for advice, his first advice was 'Why didn't you bring the job to me in the first place' but I like to do things myself if I can.and 'my' wheel was running dead true and was centred correctly, just had a problem with the spoke lengths and projections.

The solution was as easy as it was obvious, he simply loosened half of the spokes and tightened the others which in effect rotated the whole rim around the hub by a few degrees, that simple, all the excess thread dissapeared inside the nipples and nothing to grind off inside the wheel either, mind you, he had been building wheels for close to forty years and this was only my second attempt!