Broken wheel spoke

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I put on my spare tire and found a broken spoke. Can it be repaired?


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[Oldbluoval]

Depends on what you mean broken, where?
I have replaced spokes and welded at the end
But never tried to weld in the middle. I think the spokes are forged or stamped steel.
Whatever, they weld "funny"
I have reattached at the rim end by mig; as usual tig is likely better

[Tom Wesenberg]

Drill a hole in the rim, make sure the spoke is straight, then weld the spoke through the hole you drilled.
When it cools, it will pull the spoke tight.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Tom,
My KNEES are like Broken Spokes, can you FIX them??
Bro Bill W.

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Originally Posted by Oldbluoval

Depends on what you mean broken, where?
I have replaced spokes and welded at the end
But never tried to weld in the middle. I think the spokes are forged or stamped steel.
Whatever, they weld "funny"
I have reattached at the rim end by mig; as usual tig is likely better

The spoke has a clean break near the middle. I can put the spoke back together and only a hair line crack shows but it comes apart again when driving. Can a spoke be replaced? I think that I will purchase a new tire and put the broken wheel back to being a spare tire.


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[wrndln]

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I have never replaced a spoke that is broken like your is, but I don't see why not, however it might be a little tough to weld on the inside of the hub part, but the rim weld would be fairly easy to weld from the outer part. If you have a bad doner wheel, give it s try. If you try, let us know how it turns out.
Rusty

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by BILL WILLIAMSON

Tom,
My KNEES are like Broken Spokes, can you FIX them??
Bro Bill W.

Just pee on an electric fence, and you'll straighten right up.

I'd V the spoke and weld the two ends together.
Nothing to loose in trying it, and I believe it will work.

[katy]

Clamp the spoke in a small piece of angle iron to hold it straight while you weld it.

[western77]

I have welded spokes in the middle with a tig and then dress down the weld. Works good.JB

[Russ/40]

My choice would be oxy-acetyline (spelling?) as I have no tig. Eliminates a brittle weld also. Recheck trueness of the wheel after welding, you may have to shrink an opposing spoke to compensate.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

We are just a spoke, in the Wheel of Life, then the Spoke BREAKS!!!
Bill Philosophizer (SP?)