{"id":1730,"date":"2012-06-24T13:44:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T17:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.50.23\/wordpress\/blog\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2018-04-07T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T21:00:16","slug":"lacing-a-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forths.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/24\/lacing-a-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Lacing a Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"

With this ’65 Honda restoration project, I’ve learned that I like some tasks more than others. \u00a0I dislike sandblasting, along with polishing aluminum. \u00a0I do enjoy lacing spoke wheels, and today I laced the second wheel for the project. \u00a0The wide white wall tires are still on back order, so I can’t show them yet.<\/p>\n

The original rims were just too rusty to use, and the ancient tires were so hard that I couldn’t remove them from the rims anyway. \u00a0Using a carbide blade on the reciprocating saw, I simply cut away the spokes to free the aluminum hub. \u00a0I cleaned the 5 decades of grime and oxidation from the hub with steel wool pads, then used 3 different buffing grits to polish the hub to give it a bit of shine. \u00a0As you can imagine, it’s much easier to polish the hub with the spokes off.<\/p>\n

I separated the spokes into 2 groups, since there are both ‘inner’ and ‘outer’ spokes, distinguishable by the angle of the bend at the top of the spoke. \u00a0The inner spokes were installed first, followed by the outer spokes. \u00a0Each spoke received a new chrome nipple to hold it in place. \u00a0The spokes have only been hand tightened at this point. \u00a0I still have to ‘true’ the wheels to ensure that they spin perfectly, with no wobble. \u00a0I now have both wheel hubs laced to new rims and ready for truing.<\/p>\n

The parts should be back from the paint shop in 2 days, and I’ll start assembling the bike next weekend.<\/p>\n