![]() |
#11
| ||||
| ||||
![]() bore us are you kidding? This is the stuff we LOVE! Keep em coming. ![]() BTW, mind sharing your secret to 1) getting the spokes to move (what oil, how long, and how did you apply) 2) your rim straightening process? |
#12
| ||||
| ||||
![]() Quote:
Ummmm..Lots of beer? ![]() I put some rust buster on the spoke threads and let em soak for a few minutes.I did this 3 times and slowly worked the threads back and forth, Avout 1/16 turns tightening /loosening. It took about an hour but it was well worth the wait. It DOES help he has a tire machine, so taking the tires off is a 5 minute job...for him....2 hour adventure and lots of laughs for me. Chris really helped out with the truing. He has a truing stand and a sharpie. talk about cool! We just stuck to it and got that front rim straight. The rear was pretty straight, just some lil dings as stated before. Tracy is getting a new front rim for her 27th birthday...hehe 27. anyways I will video tape and picture it and show you the process we used. Chris had me start at one point on the rear rim and do 1/4 turns every 3rd spoke. when I got to my starting point I would skip a spoke and reapeat this 3 times. That is 12 spokes for each rotation. 3 X 12= 36 spokes which is the number of spokes on my rim. Pretty neat. -Kevin- |
#13
| ||||
| ||||
![]() Ahh very cool. So did you have the tire off when you were losening the spokes? So you could put the rust stuff in from both sides? |
#14
| |||
| |||
![]() Woody Ya we had the tires off however; The biggest proplem Kevin had with loosening his spokes was he wasn't using a good spoke wrench. I think if you just put some oil on the spoke spoke nipples everytime you ride centrifical force should help move the oil all the way into nipple. The spoke wrench I used is from a company call DRC and you can get one through Langston racing or throught me. I think it's like $20 but it comes with all the different sizes and the heads just screw into the wrench. And I just thought of another idea to oil thoses spoke nipples. I wonder if one of those cable lubing tools would fit on a spoke? It would take forever but alot cheaper then re-lacing a wheel. |
#15
| ||||
| ||||
![]() Thanks, that's great info. Next time I'm in socal, I'll buy one from you or Langston Racing as they are right next to where I stay. I just have the "stock" one that came with my bike, and yeah, it's not very good at all. |
#16
| |||
| |||
![]() I was wrong on the price it's $15.00 and it comes with 8 attachments from 5.4mm - 6.8mm. |
#17
| ||||
| ||||
![]() Very cool What is the name of your shop? and where is it located? I'm going to have to drop by when I'm in town in 2 weeks and 1) meet you, 2) get me a new tool mmmm tools ![]() |
#18
| |||
| |||
![]() I'm in Palm Desert and the name of my shop is Performance 1 Motorsports. |
#19
| ||||
| ||||
![]() sounds like fun. good luck! |
#20
| ||||
| ||||
![]() Quote:
How far is it from Temecula? |
![]() |
|
Thread Tools | |
|
![]() | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Need some help for my project.. | monkeyonahill | General Discussion | 3 | 11-06-2007 11:17 PM |
project tt-r 90 | char393 | 4-Stroke Dirt Bikes - Yamaha | 23 | 09-14-2006 11:49 AM |
O/T Help with project please | Imahoot393 | General Discussion | 8 | 02-16-2005 08:20 AM |
New Project | magnethead | General Discussion | 6 | 08-25-2004 08:46 PM |
The new project | Big Maico 393 | General Discussion | 19 | 01-13-2004 02:51 AM |