Subject: RE: Tranny breather
Author: Ray Hale
Date: Sep 5, 2003, 11:44 AM
Post ID: 1714414203
Ron, (or anyone else),
Do you know how much run-out is acceptable when measured on a dial
indicator?
Ray
Ron Komoroski wrote:
Ian, When you "true" your wheel, you will need to have (or rig up) a truing stand. Basically it's just a support for the axle ends that is solid enough to allow you to spin the wheel. It will have a small movable indicator arm that can be set close to the wheel rim from either side so you can observe the run-out as the wheel rotates on its axle. You turn the wheel tapping each spoke with metal tool & listening to the tone it makes. A tight spoke will produce a high, clear "ting" while a loose one will produce a lower, flat tone, with the worst sounding a kind of a "thunk". The object is to have all the spokes sound as much alike as possible, and the wheel "true" (no side-to-side wobble or up-and-down hopping). The condition of a wheel can be checked with the tire on, and VERY minor tweaking done, but to true a wheel properly it should be stripped bare, the spoke nipples cleaned & threads lubricated. Use a wrench that properly fits the flats on the nipple & turn in small increments. Remember that SMALL problems can be "pulled in" w/spoke adjustments, but major dings in the rim are going to have to be straightened, then the wheel trued. Ron Komoroski |