[Healeys] Wire Wheel Question

[Dan Stromquist]

Thanks Bob.  Maybe these spokes are like rivets.  Once one goes, others
fail.

Dan 

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From: Bob Spidell [mailto:bspidell at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 10:06 AM
To: Dan Stromquist
Cc: Healey List
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Wire Wheel Question

 

I only see one question in there, and he seems to have answered it himself.
I know most of the wire wheel rebuilders don't bother replacing individual
spokes; they cut them all out then relace the whole wheel.  If he needs to
remove good spokes to get at the broken, well, he needs to remove good
spokes to get at the broken (remove too many and you'll have to do this on
an appropriate jig or the hub might end up offcenter).

In my experience, spokes break more or less randomly.  It could be that one
wheel had spokes that came from a bad batch of steel, or they weren't laced
correctly or were too tight/loose to begin with.  He didn't say whether he
had painted or stainless spokes; supposedly stainless is nominally stronger
but more brittle--go figure--than 'regular' steel.   He might have hit a
particularly bad pothole just right on that one wheel (remember that spokes
are never in compression--it would have been on the 'downstroke' that the
spokes broke).  If the broken spokes are all in a group that's likely, if
not then it's probably not.

Is he absolutely certain he had no broken spokes before the trip?  If a
couple were already broken--you might not notice unless you checked them
beforehand--that would have put greater stress on the others.


Bob



----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Stromquist" <dan at warner-associates.com>
To: "Healey List" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 7:20:36 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: [Healeys] Wire Wheel Question

Anyone have some suggestions for Dave's wire wheel problem?

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Dave Knowles <mailto:wmdknowles at gmail.com>  

To: dlee at usfamily.net 

Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 3:05 PM

Subject: wire wheels

 

Dave,

 I hope you will pass this query to the membership.

I've had Dayton chrome wire wheels for several years with no problems until
last week.   I drove my BJ8 to Chicago and back without incident (can you
believe that).  The day after I returned I was checking the wheels and
discovered the rear passenger side tire had 9 broken spokes- all short
spokes that connect to the inner aspect of the hub.  The roads that I
traveled were all very rough (I-90 and I-94) but I think that if it were the
rough roads that caused the problems there would have been at least a few
broken spokes on the other wheels.  I ordered some new spokes but can't get
them in unless i remove some other spokes.  is this necessary?

any comments would be appreciated.

 

Dave Knowles

Mankato

Dave <mailto:wmdknowles at gmail.com>  Knowles