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Carl E.
Maffei Andrew P SSgt 27LG/LGQPT wrote:
> They weren't broken before I started. There are several loose spokes on the
> car, and I had a spare rim that is no good, the spline is stripped, so I
> tried on that rim before attempting to attack the ones on the car, but they
> are old and there not going to tighten with out breaking.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Max Heim [SMTP:mvheim@studiolimage.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 1:41 PM
> > To: MG List
> > Subject: Re: Wire wheel spokes!
> >
> > It occurs to me to ask, why are you trying to free up these spokes? If
> > they're broken and need replacing, well then go ahead and break 'em to
> > get 'em out, and replace them with new ones. But if the wheel is
> > reasonably true, leave 'em be. If you are trying to true up an obviously
> > out-of-true wheel, however, and are having this problem, then you are
> > doubtless correct in surmising that you need a new wheel.
> >
> > Maffei Andrew P SSgt 27LG/LGQPT had this to say:
> >
> > >Just to let those who helped me with the frozen wire wheel spokes I had
> > no
> > >luck with any of those suggestions. I guess after 34 years they have
> > rusted
> > >into one solid piece. I now have 4 broken spokes, good thing I tried
> > this
> > >on a spare rim that was bad anyway.(spline is stripped)I didn't try
> > heating
> > >it up and cooling them rapidly though for this would have changed the
> > temper
> > >of the metal and made the spokes brittle (like it would have mattered the
> > >way they were breaking!) Guess I'll have to invest in 4 new rims
> > >thanks
> > >
> > >Andy 66B
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Max Heim
> > '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> > If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> > it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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