wheel repair/straightening

[sculptart@aol.com]

To all, I have told from a friend following my car that one of my wheels appear to be crooked. There is no rim damage, so I am going to try to straighten them...sort of like a motorcycle wheel I did many years ago. Has anyone attempted this with a TC wheel and have any [b]helpful hints[/b]? I know I can send them out for this work to one of the suppliers, but I would like to do this myself and have the pride of a job well done. Thanks in advance for any help. My best, Ben, TC 4260

[janus@iafrica.com]

> To all, > I have told from a friend following my car that one of my wheels appear > to be crooked. There is no rim damage, so I am going to try to straighten > them...sort of like a motorcycle wheel I did many years ago. Has anyone > attempted this with a TC wheel and have any helpful hints? > I know I can send them out for this work to one of the suppliers, but I > would like to do this myself and have the pride of a job well done. Thanks in > advance for any help. > My best, Ben, TC 4260 >

Ben Try these websites - they may be helpful http://www.vtr.org/maintain/wire-wheels-tightening.html http://users.mobis.com/~jdowney/wheel/wheel.html I have another useful website which I will dig out my archives and forward to you later. Joe Gates --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using M-Web Airmail. JUST LIKE THAT Are you ready for 10-digit dialling on the 8th of May? To find out how this will affect your Internet connection go to www.mweb.co.za/ten http://airmail.mweb.co.za/

[janus@iafrica.com]

Ben Herewith "archived" website address promised in my previous reply http://www.team.net/sol/tech/truwire.html Regards Joe Gates

> > To all, > > I have told from a friend following my car that one of my wheels appear > > to be crooked. There is no rim damage, so I am going to try to straighten > > them...sort of like a motorcycle wheel I did many years ago. Has anyone > > attempted this with a TC wheel and have any helpful hints? > > I know I can send them out for this work to one of the suppliers, but I > > would like to do this myself and have the pride of a job well done. Thanks

in

> > advance for any help. > > My best, Ben, TC 4260 > > > Ben > > Try these websites - they may be helpful > > http://www.vtr.org/maintain/wire-wheels-tightening.html > http://users.mobis.com/~jdowney/wheel/wheel.html > > I have another useful website which I will dig out my archives and forward to > you later. > > Joe Gates >

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[Dave & Diana Dwyer]

Ben

The most immediate problem is likely to be siezed spoke nipples. After removing the tyre/tube/rim tape go round each nipple in turn, heat to near red heat with an oxy torch, and try to turn it with the spoke key (I don't think that any regular spanner will fit) - while the nipple is still hot.

Once they're all free you can think about truing the wheel, same procedure as your motorbike wheel. Slacken outer spokes/tighten inner spokes (or viceversa) to move the rim sideways, and tighten both (or loosen both) to alter the roundness. Spin the wheel on a free hub and locate the high spots by holding a piece of chalk up close.

Good luck - you will need lots of patience.

Regards

Dave Dwyer

J2, TA, TC

[tonygoodall]

Re: [mg-tabc] wheel repair/straightening Ben I just had a couple of wheels, which were a bit wobbly , straightened and re-spoked. The guy who did them has been doing this job for years(Birmingham UK) and said you can't straighten a bent rim on wheels of this sort by spoke tightening like you can with a cycle wheel. He strips out all the spokes, sticks the wheel in a hefty vice and crowbars it straight, then re-spokes. In my case, the result was excellent, two true wheels with nice tight spokes. BTW one of these wheels was so wobbly that when I fitted it once and drove the car, someone waved me down and said the wheel was coming off! Tony TC9825

[quote] Tony TC9825 [b]From: [/b]sculptart@aol.com [b]Date: [/b]Sun, 21 Apr 2002 18:58:58 EDT [b]To: [/b]mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Subject: [/b][mg-tabc] wheel repair/straightening

To all, I have told from a friend following my car that one of my wheels appear to be crooked. There is no rim damage, so I am going to try to straighten them...sort of like a motorcycle wheel I did many years ago. Has anyone attempted this with a TC wheel and have any [b]helpful hints[/b]? I know I can send them out for this work to one of the suppliers, but I would like to do this myself and have the pride of a job well done. Thanks in advance for any help. My best, Ben, TC 4260 Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .

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[tonygoodall]

Alan/ Ben The guys name is R Phillips Unit 6 Britannia Works Smethwick Birmingham U.K. 0121 558 5942 He charged 65 per wheel for a complete rebuild and straightening, which basically means bolt cropping all the existing spokes and then straightening the rim before re-building. His premises are Victorian, to say the least, but this is typical Black Country industry (for your information Ben, the Black Country is that area of Birmingham which was at one time probably the most dense area of industry in the world, presumably so called because of the amount of soot in the atmosphere. Pockets of these small industries still remain ) With a deviation of only 5mm I guess you may be able to do something with your wheel, mine was considerably worse than that and beyond self repair I think. Regards Tony TC9825

[David & Joyce Edgar]

While on the subject of wire wheel rebuilding, where can I buy stainless steel spokes and nipples for my TC? I tried contacting British Wire Wheel in California via eamil seveal times and never received a response back. I too would like to redo my own wires and am considering the stainless route depending on cost. Thanks in advance, David Edgar, TC 5108 El Cajon, California

[Frank O_ The Mountain]

In a message dated 4/23/02 12:29:58 Pacific Daylight Time, djedgar@pacbell.net writes: > David, you don't want SS spokes AND nipples......SS spokes and chrome nipples.....SS on SS will gaul.........try Dayton WW. BWW not in the business of supplying parts...... Terry

[Jennifer and Hugh Pite]

Hi, you might try giving Gary in New Zealand a call. He supplies wire wheels, builds them from scratch and repairs them, he also sells spokes and nipples. His site is: www.vintagerims.com . Regards, Hugh Pite

> While on the subject of wire wheel rebuilding, where can I buy > stainless steel spokes and nipples for my TC? I tried contacting > British Wire Wheel in California via eamil seveal times and never > received a response back. I too would like to redo my own wires and > am considering the stainless route depending on cost. >>

[Ray]

BWW is little more than an outlet store for Dayton. Dayton still repaints/rebuilds w/w, but BWW just sort of retails them. Best, Ray

----- Original Message ----- From: taterry@aol.com> To: djedgar@pacbell.net>; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Re: wheel repair/straightening > In a message dated 4/23/02 12:29:58 Pacific Daylight Time, > djedgar@pacbell.net writes: > > While on the subject of wire wheel rebuilding, where can I buy > stainless steel spokes and nipples for my TC? I tried contacting > British Wire Wheel in California via eamil seveal times and never > received a response back. I too would like to redo my own wires and > am considering the stainless route depending on cost. >> > > David, you don't want SS spokes AND nipples......SS spokes and chrome > nipples.....SS on SS will gaul.........try Dayton WW. BWW not in the > business of supplying parts...... > Terry > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >