It turns out that Jim Beam isn't conducive to wheel building dexterity (although appears to improve my verbosity).
I've only gone a dropped a bloody nipple into the rim and can't the the illusive little devil out.......
Ideas please!
Ta muchly
Enjoy the rattle of a built in spokey-dock! 😀
Thanks gents!
Use a magnetic bit holder (you know off of a screwdriver/drill) on the valve hole. Also, don't bother shaking the riim side to side, shake it up and down vertically, it will come out quick enough.
It's the Jim Beam that's done that, should've used a decent single malt!
Done the same building fat nexties, shoogle it down by the valve hole then give henry the hoover a shout.
Didn't think the nipples would be magnetic so haven't tried anything with a magnet in. Will give that a go this morning, or failing that try the hoover as suggested
Done this too many times! As above, get it to the valve hole then rattle rattle rattle 🙂
Did exactly the same last night, except I wasn't drinking and managed to drop about four in! Gave up and went to bed, going to try the workshop vac this morning.
The old shake rattle and roll worked and the nipple is free and all sorted. Cheers all. Good luck vorlich
Yeah, the vac didn't work, but the shake did.
Arse! Forgot the bit about wrapping masking tape or something similar around the spoke holes in the rim bed!
Glad yer sorted now tho!
Forgot the bit about wrapping masking tape or something similar around the spoke holes in the rim bed
Eh? Why? Makes fitting spokes somewhat harder.
I cut a Q-tip to jab in the end of spokes to get them into deeper rims without dropping.
About 2 seconds after loosing the nipple, I remembered the 'easier' way to feed into the rim by screwing a turn or two onto a spoke from the back of the nipple and feeding through. Did the rest of the rim this way and was all fine.