02-26-2021, 09:25 PM | #1 |
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Bent spokes
Anybody use any of the spo ke tools to streighten bent spokes and which is the best I Have a couple wheels that needs to be trued
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02-26-2021, 09:35 PM | #2 |
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Re: Bent spokes
Recently I used the big crowbar method. Not my idea; borrowed from a previous thread. You'd be surprised what you can do with just a little leverage.
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02-26-2021, 10:36 PM | #3 |
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Re: Bent spokes
Bent spokes are stretched metal which should be heated and quenched so the metal shrinks back to size. I suppose if it is just slightly bent then prying it so it "looks right" may work.
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02-26-2021, 10:49 PM | #4 |
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Re: Bent spokes
for production ford made close to 20 million wheels.. It would be a guess, but I bet for 'service' needs they made 2 million more. its hard for us to grasp 1000,much less 1000x1000...what Im trying to say is start looking, you'll find good wheels
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02-26-2021, 10:53 PM | #5 |
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Re: Bent spokes
Here is an article on wheel straightening that appeared in Model A News a few years back, written by a member of my MAFCA Chapter.
(In the large picture is a '37 Ford flathead V-8 roadster. He has it running and is working on the interior right now. You should see (and hear) it, it's gorgeous!) JayJay
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02-27-2021, 05:43 AM | #6 |
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02-27-2021, 09:29 AM | #7 |
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Re: Bent spokes
Hershey and Carlisle are full of A rims at a very reasonable price. I bought 5 twenty one inch that look like new for $125 dollars.
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02-27-2021, 10:03 AM | #8 |
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Re: Bent spokes
As other members have said, get new ones. The last unused set that
I had in the garage. I gave away. Not worth the work. Enjoy. |
02-27-2021, 12:33 PM | #9 |
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Re: Bent spokes
Good wheels are hard to come by as I see it
Maybe it’s just in the South 90% are pitted, wobble, badly bent spikes, scarred badly from curbing, lugs wallowed and/or all of the previous Decent wheel around here don’t go for 5/125. I haven’t been to Hershey in 5 years but never saw anything I’d bother to carry very far! |
02-27-2021, 09:18 PM | #10 |
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Re: Bent spokes
My spare was sprung when the previous owner pushed the car back in the garage, and a ladder was mounted on the wall. I have no intentions of fixing it. Either I use it as-is, or I use the green apple one I bout like 12 to 15 years ago that is still on my work bench. The thing look very good. Still shiny. But I paid $90 for the thing!
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02-27-2021, 10:53 PM | #11 |
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Re: Bent spokes
Had my '30 Fordor in high school & was backing down a hill. It got away from me as the brakes wouldn't hold. Ended up backing into a pine tree at 30 MPH! Rear spare didn't come out so good. Pulled away from tree & hubcap stuck in the bark. Pushed in the whole rear of body. Poorboy in college so had to drive it that way, eventually replaced the body. Had to use the spare once & it wobbled so bad I couldn't go over 15 MPH. Pulled the tire off and rolled it across a flat concrete floor, it fell over before making one revolution! Needless to say, it is now wall art!
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