If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Wheels: how far out of true before servicing?

-K2- · 2010-06-02 13:30:45

After a very rough ride in Wickow the rim on my back wheel has a very slight side-to-side wobble. How far out of alignment horizontally and/or vertically should I tolerate before the wheels are serviced?

02-06-2010 1:30pm

#1

-K2-

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭

Join Date: February 2008

Posts: 347

After a very rough ride in Wickow the rim on my back wheel has a very slight side-to-side wobble.

How far out of alignment horizontally and/or vertically should I tolerate before the wheels are serviced?

0

Comments

#2 02-06-2010 2:16pm

tomasrojo

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,853 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: April 2009

Posts: 11781

I do minor truing tasks every few months at home myself. If I see a wheel with more than a mm or so of wobble, I true it at home. It's a quick job if the wobble is minor, so I reckon it's better to do it then than let it get worse and become a bigger job.

Then again, maybe that's a bit excessive.

0
#3 03-06-2010 8:20pm

D!armu!d

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭

Join Date: August 2007

Posts: 197

How difficult is it to true a wheel yourself? Is it worth giving a try or could you end up making a right mess of it?

0
#4 03-06-2010 9:33pm

tomasrojo

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,853 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: April 2009

Posts: 11781

If you're correcting a minor deviation, it's really easy. You just have to take it very, very slowly.

There was a post about it a while ago. I'll see whether I can find it.

0
#5 03-06-2010 9:34pm

tomasrojo

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,853 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: April 2009

Posts: 11781

Try here:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=61183035&postcount=43

That post and subsequent posts give you some idea.

0