on 5/4/05 3:47 AM, Paul Hunt at paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
>
> Price for 60 stainless spokes and nipples here is about 80 quid, so whoever
> is charging 478 dollars is really extracting the urine! The local tyre
> place removes and replaces the tyre for me for no charge (at least I give
> them some beer money, Hans :o)) and a wheel rebuilder elsewhere changes
> spokes (usually need one or two per year) for a fiver. Only takes him five
> minutes, so I'm thinking of trying to get the appropriate tool and an old
> wheel to practice on. Any idea what is involved, tool-wise?
>
> PaulH.
>
I have replaced many spokes. The only essential tool is the spoke wrench. I
have to take the wheel to a shop first to break loose the tire bead, though
-- I have never managed to do that myself with hand tools. I have heard that
if you drive gently over the tire as it is lying flat on the ground it can
break it loose, but I've actually never tried that.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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