ll spokes are loss and wheel wobbles side to side

[4wdingman]

on my bike all of my spokes are loss and the wheel wobbles side to side.
Can i fix this? I might just buy a new wheel but how can i stop this happening?

 

[Mountainman]

if you tighten your spokes and straighten your wheel

everything will be right and tight -- perfect for

ride that MB thing

 

[4wdingman]

i know how to tighten the spokes but not how to straighten the wheel.


how do you do this?


Thanks

 

[fetor56]

Straightening a wheel is more of an art form(plus u need a truing stand)
Take it to a bike shop or better still find someone who does bicycle repairs from home...those sorta ppl are invaluable.

 

[V 35]

Motorbike wheels take an awful beating, especially rag joint sprocket ones.
Yankee potholes take their toll too. I have two suggestions ... One, upgrade to Heavy Duty Wheels, two, build up a second pair of wheels, so you can swap off, and re- true damaged wheels. Cut up a crappy bike for a wheel truing stand, buy a good spoke wrench. Slowly spin wheel, watch for deflection, when wheel deflects, loosen spoke [s ] on the side of deflection, and tighten opposite of deflection. Go a 1/4 turn at a time, it's an artform, practice on badly mangled wheels before screwing up not bad ones. With practice, you can do wonders !

 

[Al.Fisherman]

Take a zip tie, zip it to the frame so it will be at the rim. Cut enough off so you can use it as a guide. The zip tie should barely touch the rim. This will show you where it needs to be pulled in/out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a25vC5zsf6A

 

[Lazieboy]

Rims

I just replaced a rim that got messed up by chain coming off and binding up in the spokes.