Why not just break out the loose spokes and replace them with new spokes - sure
is
cheaper than a whole new wheel unless the wheel also needs sandblasted, primed,
painted, etc. I did this and then figured out the cost - it's not much less
than
buying new painted wheels. However, even the ads for the new wheels say you are
supposed to have them all trued before putting them on!
John
Maffei Andrew P SSgt 27LG/LGQPT wrote:
> > ----------
> > From: Maffei Andrew P SSgt
>27LG/LGQPT[SMTP:ANDREW.MAFFEI@CANNON.AF.MIL]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 4:24:11 PM
> > To: mgs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: Wire wheel spokes!
> > Auto forwarded by a Rule
> >
> 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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