I only see one question in there, and he seems to have answered it himself. I
know most of the wire wheel rebuilders don't bother replacing individual
spokes; they cut them all out then relace the whole wheel. If he needs to
remove good spokes to get at the broken, well, he needs to remove good spokes
to get at the broken (remove too many and you'll have to do this on an
appropriate jig or the hub might end up offcenter).
In my experience, spokes break more or less randomly. It could be that one
wheel had spokes that came from a bad batch of steel, or they weren't laced
correctly or were too tight/loose to begin with. He didn't say whether he had
painted or stainless spokes; supposedly stainless is nominally stronger but
more brittle--go figure--than 'regular' steel. He might have hit a particularly
bad pothole just right on that one wheel (remember that spokes are never in
compression--it would have been on the 'downstroke' that the spokes broke). If
the broken spokes are all in a group that's likely, if not then it's probably
not.
Is he absolutely certain he had no broken spokes before the trip? If a couple
were already broken--you might not notice unless you checked them
beforehand--that would have put greater stress on the others.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Stromquist" <dan@warner-associates.com>
To: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 7:20:36 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: [Healeys] Wire Wheel Question
Anyone have some suggestions for Dave's wire wheel problem?
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Knowles <mailto:wmdknowles@gmail.com>
To: dlee@usfamily.net
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 3:05 PM
Subject: wire wheels
Dave,
I hope you will pass this query to the membership.
I've had Dayton chrome wire wheels for several years with no problems until
last week. I drove my BJ8 to Chicago and back without incident (can you
believe that). The day after I returned I was checking the wheels and
discovered the rear passenger side tire had 9 broken spokes- all short
spokes that connect to the inner aspect of the hub. The roads that I
traveled were all very rough (I-90 and I-94) but I think that if it were the
rough roads that caused the problems there would have been at least a few
broken spokes on the other wheels. I ordered some new spokes but can't get
them in unless i remove some other spokes. is this necessary?
any comments would be appreciated.
Dave Knowles
Mankato
Dave <mailto:wmdknowles@gmail.com> Knowles
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