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17th Mar, 2010 at 02:31:48pm

those jigs that you put spoked wheels in so you can adjust the spokes to straighten is there an offical name for them?

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17th Mar, 2010 at 02:39:18pm

wheel truing stand

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17th Mar, 2010 at 02:43:17pm

You can make a jig using an old set of forks and a brake caliper.

Stick the forks in a vice upside down holding on the steerer tube.

Use an old brake caliper with the sliding type of brake pad, and fit them with the blocks facing outwards. These can be moved in/out and up and down as you need to be used as a guide. The only problem comes if you're doing a rear wheel! lol

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17th Mar, 2010 at 02:45:25pm

Actually fook making one.... looking at it they are cheap as chips now! *hehe!*

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17th Mar, 2010 at 05:01:06pm

about £45

cheers chaps

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17th Mar, 2010 at 07:09:38pm

Not sure if you've built a wheel before Neil, but make sure you tighten the spokes to the same torque until they start to feel taught, then get the wheel straight, then make it round. Periodically remove the wheel from the stand and put some weight on it to make sure everythings settles as you go.

When making it round always tighten and loosen the spokes in pairs so the wheels stays straight. Sorry if you already know this though! lol

Edited by matty on 17th Mar, 2010.

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17th Mar, 2010 at 09:59:52pm

On 17th Mar, 2010 matty said:
but make sure you tighten the spokes to the same torque until they start to feel taught


best way to do this is tighten all the nipples until the end of the thread has just disappeared into the nipple, then do one or two full turns on ever nipple until the spokes have some tension in them. then true, remove egg, de stress, then repeat until you OCD has settled.

smiled ever time i wrote nipples :) at work we have a draw labeled nipples must be 1 or 2 thousand nipples in one draw! hope you have a nice image in your head now :)
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