Friday, August 7, 2015

Spares: First Time Wheel Lacing

First time wheel lacing.  No surprise that it didn't all go to plan, I guess.

The first big gotcha was that the 90-degree outer spokes wouldn't pass through the holes in the hub.  When I measured the diameter they were 3mm and the old ones were literally a fraction smaller.  I'd need the digital caliper to really measure the difference.  But they were just thick enough not to fit.

The only option then (if I want to use them), would be to widen the holes a bit...?  Hate to muck with a perfectly good hub, though.

The cross-2 pattern was straightforward enough and I used old spokes to do all the outers on one side.  Got stymied a bit when it then felt like the hub was pulled too far off center to then do the other side.  But then realized I had to push down on the hub a bit when getting the first few in on the opposite side.  After that the rest went in a lot easier.

Figured out the little trick to doing the inner spokes and had the whole thing done pretty easily.

So here's my procedure:

  1. Install all the outer spokes on one side and fasten with nipples (not too tight).
  2. Flip and do all the outer spokes on the other side with nipples.
  3. Now install all the inner spokes on both sides without nipples.  Make sure they lie correctly and don't interfere with each other.  They should lie against the hub and out of the way.
  4. Finally, add nipples to all the inner spokes.

And the spoke situation.
  • Old spokes
    • Outer - have 14 of these left
    • Inner - have all 18 of these
  • Honda NOS spokes
    • Have 10 of these but no nipples that fit
  • Aftermarket spokes
    • Outer - won't fit the new hub
    • Inner - work fine























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