Sunday, August 9, 2015

Spare Wheel: Modify to Fit

After getting confirmation from the group, I knew I needed to widen the holes in the hub to get the outer spokes to fit.  I used the old weird hub from Viola to do some testing.  At first I just went straight in with the Dremel sanding tip to widen the hole.  But then I realized it's not so much the width of the hole but the the material where the spoke first hits.

So I came in with the Dremel at the same angle and direction the spoke would.  Just taking a bit of material out of the top of the hole allowed the spoke to slide right through.  I only did the outer holes, marking it as I went.

Also, a revised lacing procedure:

  1. Insert all the inner spokes on both sides of the hub
  2. Add nipples to all the inner spokes on both sides
  3. Insert all the outer spokes on one side
  4. Add nipples to those outer spokes
  5. Repeat for the other side outer spokes
  6. Job done!








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