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[Closed] Wheel truing: ping, ping, ping...wobble
I've been trying to true a wheel and have been pleased with the results, until the point where I take it out of the truing stand and stress it by hand a bit.
I have hear lots of pings as I do this and then it goes way out of true when I check it in the truing stand.
I've been trying to avoid spoke wind up by backing off technique, but can anyone suggest any other tips?
Thanks!
Practice.
Stress relieve more regularly whilst truing.
You can put a piece of tape on the spokes (like a little flag) to physically see the spokes wind up and how much you need to back off.After a while you'll get a feel for it and won't have to stress relieve quite so often.
More practice.
Sounds about right....
"Oil on your nipples"
are you bending the spokes over each other? a screwdriver or similar sliped between them and then lever at the crossing point, be quite firm.
All of the above
Sucking eggs time...are the spoke nipples turning on the spoke, or are they corroded/dirty/run out of thread and just winding the spoke around?
You will get some pinging, but it shouldn't dramatically affect the trueness (is that a word?) of the wheel