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
> >
>
>
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>
> 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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