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rear wheel not running true?

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  • 28-03-2014 10:35am
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    rodriquez
    Registered Users Posts: 113 ✭✭


    hi there

    just wondering if anyone could offer me some advice please? i've recently purchased a set of planet x ct45 wheels which I'm really happy with. When I was moving my bike out of the way this morning I noticed that the rear wheel was sticking a little in the brake pads. I loosened the brakes and even took the wheel off and put it back on. It looks to me like the wheel is not running true. I don't understand how this could have happened as I was out on it yesterday and it was fine. One of the kids may have knocked the bike over without me noticing but even something like that shouldn't affect the alignment of a wheel ? would it? could it be just something simple that I can fix myself or do I need to send the wheel back?
    anyone have similar experience to this?
    thanks


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    blobbie
    Registered Users Posts: 673 ✭✭✭blobbie


    One of these should do the trick

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/s?q=spoke%2Bkey

    Youtube vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcZ1jjB_AdQ

    Shouldn't need the fancy stand


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    detones
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭detones


    rodriquez wrote: »
    hi there

    just wondering if anyone could offer me some advice please? i've recently purchased a set of planet x ct45 wheels which I'm really happy with. When I was moving my bike out of the way this morning I noticed that the rear wheel was sticking a little in the brake pads. I loosened the brakes and even took the wheel off and put it back on. It looks to me like the wheel is not running true. I don't understand how this could have happened as I was out on it yesterday and it was fine. One of the kids may have knocked the bike over without me noticing but even something like that shouldn't affect the alignment of a wheel ? would it? could it be just something simple that I can fix myself or do I need to send the wheel back?
    anyone have similar experience to this?
    thanks

    Probably not worth sending back yet. Spokes may just need a re-tensioning. Bike shop will do for a tenner (less than postage back to uk) . Would not attempt to repair myself. If problem persists send back to PX as may be a manufacturing fault.


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    rodriquez
    Registered Users Posts: 113 ✭✭rodriquez


    great - thanks for the feedback, so it's just a tweak of the spokes that's required, think i'll drop it into my LBS for that job :)


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    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    this one here is sold in some local bike stores, I build alot of wheels and it does the job well

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/bbb-turner-spoke-key-twister-btl15/rp-prod3976


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    Muckers
    Registered Users Posts: 504 ✭✭✭Muckers


    There may be an easier answer to this. Make sure the rear wheel is sitting centrally between the 2 seatstays. Your issue happened to me on a spin last week and all that was required was to loosen the quick release skewer, align the wheel centrally and re tighten skewer.


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    rodriquez
    Registered Users Posts: 113 ✭✭rodriquez


    Muckers wrote: »
    There may be an easier answer to this. Make sure the rear wheel is sitting centrally between the 2 seatstays. Your issue happened to me on a spin last week and all that was required was to loosen the quick release skewer, align the wheel centrally and re tighten skewer.

    I did try that because initially I thought that was the problem - i've taken the wheel off and spun it on it's skewer and to my eye it is spinning 'off' at a certain point

    because it's a 45 mm rim I think i'd prefer to let an expert sort it out - I wouldn't even know how to get at the spoke adjusters anyway


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