Re: Snapped Spoke

[Martin]

Yesterday i knoticed that a spoke had gone on the back of my tc, is it
posible for me to fix, or to i have to take it to a car restorer, for
balancing etc.

hope to hear from u soon

Martin

[CFritz7001@aol.com]

Martin,
Replaciang a spoke is one of the easier things to do, and there probably is
no need for truing or balancing afterwards, unless you get unusually
ham-fisted. Remove the wheel from the car, deflate the tire, break the bead
away from the rim so you can push the nipple out of the rim and replace with
a new nipple. Ffeed the new spoke throught from the inside of the hub to mate
with the new mipple, and tighten until it matches the tome of the other
spokes when tapped with a screwdriver handle. (Note that there are short
spokds and long spokes--they are NOT interchangeale) Makes sure that the
rubbber strip which covers the nipples is in place and that the tube is not
pinched between bead of the tire and the rim. A splash of talcum powder will
help in this--it's a decent rubber lubricant. Inflate to about 1/2 normal
pressure, bounce the tire & wheel vigorously to get everything seated, then
inflate to normal pressure. wipe the new spoke down with aa degreaser, let
dry, then prime & paint.
Good luck,
Carl Fritz

[Bob McKarney]

Martin...Do as Carl Fritz so ably suggests, or....wire it to the spoke
it crosses with thin copper or steel wire and wait until a couple more
break and THEN do as Carl Fritz so ably suggests.
Drive 'em till the roads wear out!
Bob McKarney

[David Edgar]

Just a thought, try putting on some linseed oil on the spoke threads and
on the bevel area of the nipple. Acts as a lubricant and then gets sticky
to keep from loosening. It's an old bicycle trick. Should work on our
wires also. Can't hurt. Also may have to remove one of your unbroken
spokes to lace in the new one depending on which one broke. For the lazy
bunch, the wiring it down works fine as Bob McKarney mentioned. I drove
to Utah and back from San Diego with several broken spokes (on different
wheels) without trouble. Didn't have time to fix before trip but they are
done now. Maybe it didn't look cool but at least I showed up

On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 CFritz7001@aol.com wrote:

> Martin,
> Replaciang a spoke is one of the easier things to do, and there probably is
> no need for truing or balancing afterwards, unless you get unusually
> ham-fisted. Remove the wheel from the car, deflate the tire, break the bead
> away from the rim so you can push the nipple out of the rim and replace with
> a new nipple. Ffeed the new spoke throught from the inside of the hub to mate
> with the new mipple, and tighten until it matches the tome of the other
> spokes when tapped with a screwdriver handle. (Note that there are short
> spokds and long spokes--they are NOT interchangeale) Makes sure that the
> rubbber strip which covers the nipples is in place and that the tube is not
> pinched between bead of the tire and the rim. A splash of talcum powder will
> help in this--it's a decent rubber lubricant. Inflate to about 1/2 normal
> pressure, bounce the tire & wheel vigorously to get everything seated, then
> inflate to normal pressure. wipe the new spoke down with aa degreaser, let
> dry, then prime & paint.
> Good luck,
> Carl Fritz
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[Frank O_ The Mountain]

In a message dated 3/12/00 9:19:30 PM Pacific Standard Time,
CFritz7001@aol.com writes:

>

Carl, interesting you said this...first response I've seen...I've never been
able to replace a single broken spoke because of the inter leaving of the
spokes around it...now this was a bead laced prewar wheel...maybe thats the
difference. What do others say?
Terry