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Is there an offset on that wheel ?

The methods you are using won’t work as the spoke in some area will have stretched.

Hi, can I get a copy of your chart, thanks

Thanks for posting your videos on this topic. The spreadsheet is a good idea, I created one very similar and it is helpful to visualize! I failed to get some insight into how these wheels behave after watching this video, though. Now that you have spent so much time with them, do you have a cliff notes summary on how they behave? I have seem the same thing, where I want to nudge the wheel a certain direction at a certain spoke. But it appears that by adjusting the tension at the problem area seems to do next to nothing. As you showed with your missing spoke #16 example, the impact is almost 180 deg away. But even after mapping everything out with the spreadsheet I have been unable to "Crack the code" on how to move the rim a certain direction, at a certain spoke area. Do you have any updates now that you have had some months to recover from this exercise?

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For a novice, would you recommend the TruSpoke tool as a good starting point? Or do you think that a very accurate torque wrench could get you similar or better results? I have an Aprilia Tuareg with X-Spoke wheels, and I made some mistakes and got the front wheel very out of true. So now I have loosened all spoked and the rim does appear to be fine but I am trying to decide how to proceed if I should buy the TruSpoke tool, or get a more accurate torque wrench as all I have is a CDI 2-8Nm torque wrench. Cheers from Portland, OR. Thanks!

Lubing the spindle is a good practice… in the bedroom

Watched the entire video and got my answer for below.

By setting all spokes to averages should bring wheel into horizontal and vertical tolerance?

Amigo yo se aser los de radio sl centro pero de eso se me acen abastate difícil pero me gustaría pagar algunas clases para aprender acer ese trabajo

Cool video...thank you...I have a 2022 R1250GS...love spoked wheels and have some experience with them...the spoke length on these wheels is about 187mm...front and rear...pulling and pushing spokes...all the same length...since BMW does not provide service manual, I am not able to locate what the torque setting is...I was told by a BMW certified mechanic that it should be 2.5 N/m...but another BMW mechanic from another shop gave me a higher value...do you know what the max torque value is for spokes on these wheels?

i thought your video very long winded, and choice of tools poor, when testing a wheel, find out what spokes are tight and what spokes are slack, play like a hard tight high note and slack low note, once that has been verified, mark them if you wish, then you could proceed the way you you are demonstrating, in the video. i said the choice of tools was poor, to use a Torx or Allen key make sure it is long enough to get your adjusting hand out of the wheel, the length of the tool might be 8 to 10 inches, in length, you also failed to mention the stupid grub screws that bmw added to stop the nipples undoing them self's, in all my years of repairing this type of wheel, some are good and a lot are not. the main flat area is on the weld, unless you get a good one do not thy to rectify the shallow flat as the weld had been ground off. the tyre will compensate the difference. i noticed on your checking you always went for the are where the rim had highest deviation or high spot, this can be caused by a loose spoke on the other side, again listen to the spoke tension sound, and , an old saying i had, was think twice and turn once, in these wheels think get a different bike. A perfect spoke wheel spokes are triangulated and that is the perfect way to build and tension a wheel, however the BMW when they cross in the middle create two triangles and one works against you. technical data for this wheel is available, but you would find the usa book on ufo activity easier. i have repaired in my years a lot of these wheels and some times it all happens in the final torqueing, of the wheel spoke nipples, don't forget your offsets, you can do all this work and the wheel with type on wont fit the forks or catches the drive tube. Most motorcycle manufactures, have bad wheels in their history, some starting from the 1930's AJS, BSA, Triumph, and Norton where some of the worst offenders, i don't care what owners might think or object, if they were wheel builders, they would understand the problems but with this style of wheel BMW took the worst wheel award for all time. i priced a wheel for a job i had in my shop the other day, the replacement cost was £1100, for a wheel next day delivery, a rim on its own £400, 7-10 days delivery, only one rim sold last year in the UK last year, and i fitted it. they didn't say how many bikes are being written off because of damaged wheel rims, but if the wheel forks and a few bits of bodywork is damaged the bike is scrap. Have fun, i have over my lifetime in building wheels, oh by the way the cast wheels fitted to BMW are just as bad they, are prone to crack, upon impacting with potholes,, a 5mm flat in the rim edge can crack a wheel around the spoke, also my latest repair i discovered the wheel impacted on the welded area, it moving the dent out was easy the rim welded edge moved and had to be rewelded again. Low profile tyres cause more wheel damage than you realise. i have over 130,000 wheels built or repaired in my lifetime, and i retiring soon.

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Mr. Random, I was a completely fool when I wrote those words. I never meant to be rude. I hope that you accept my apologies. You were right and I was wrong. The majority of the accomplishments that We conquer in life is done empirically. We get the right after so many tries and mistakes until We get to the point. Until We get them right. You are on the right path. Eventually You will get that right. You are almost there. Congratulations, and once, again, I humbly apologize for such bad and foolish comments about that. Best Regards, Mario

Well done. I've attempted truing a wheel before but failed miserably, probably because I lost patience halfway through.

Parabéns Amigo Bom trabalho como chama esse torquímetro

Olá amigo como vai ? Onde posso conseguir esta ferramenta? E como ela se chama ? Excelente vídeo amigo … muito obrigado

did you have to pull the wheel bearings in order to use this tool?

Dude, You even don't know what you are doing. Those measurements are way off of BMW's specifications ! ! !

Good video. The Excel worksheet in the video. I can't set it up. Can you send me a sample Excel worksheet?

Did you tighten the spokes to BMW specifications in inch pounds? Great video!

I got to do this on my Super Tenere soon as I got a cracked rim and need to replace. My dealer said basically the same thing $$$

Thanks a gain. Regards from chilean Patagonia

Excellent demonstration. Thanks

I figured I would buy one next time I need a new set of tires probably early spring. Looks super easy to use.

Thanks for sharing

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing and regards from chilean Patagonia

Very helpful video. Thanks. Would you share how to get the tool to measure the length of the spoke or grub screw? The one that you insert into the nipple

Show!! Thanks.

Greetings from Germany to everyone. From many years of experience in lacing and truing wheels you will come to a point (probably by 5 on your gauge) when you have taken out the free play and the hub is almost centered. Then you have to start eliminating the vertical differgence by tighenting that particular spoke. What you do is elastic deformation of the rim by adding force (tightening the spoke). At the end all spokes should be close to equal torque but you will have differences. If you have one spoke which is much different from the others, it is likely because the rim is bent (plastic deformation) Good luck and keep on doing videos. I APPRECIATE your way of bridging lack of expertise by analytic way of trying.

Thanks for the real world video.. Very Helpful!!

Thank you. Will look back at this next spring.

I can see you're still getting acclimated to using the machine, but damn setup, tire removal, and install with a load of patience under 13 min is efen excellent!! Just have to say your video is the least painful that I've seen to date whether experienced at spooning MC tires or folks who have never even changed bicycle tubes when they were kids....you should search a few and I'm sure you'll agree with my comment they talk the talk but their operation is double of yours some even triple with alot of fails in between... your video alone would inspire that person that has no experience with changing out tires spooning or assistance with a machine

I bought a spare tire but have no bike to put it on… inspirational

Great job. I am yet to use my new Rabaconda Street tire changer. I am waiting for cooler weather in Houston. I have looked at a ton of videos using this machine and I can relate to yours the best. 👍 Oh, the video was not boring, and I usually mute music anyway unless it is not the usual racket mismatched to the video's theme. 🙂