<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I appreciate your point Ira, but if you order wheels set up for tubeless from Dayton, they seal the bottoms of the nuts to the rim to prevent air leaks.<div>Tightening the nuts breaks the seal and then your tires lose air.</div><div>This is not to say that a failed wheel is preferable, just that fussing with the nuts brings on another set of problems. And, just tightening the nuts doesn’t assure that the wheel is true.</div><div>That’s why I’m asking if this is a common problem. Maybe I got a bad set.</div><div>Charlie</div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 9, 2016, at 9:15 PM, i erbs <<a href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><p dir="ltr">Its important to check your spikes and snug up the collars as part of regular maintenance. Thats why I swapped my 48 spikes for disc wheel disc brakes in 1980.<br>
Glad you got home safely.</p><p dir="ltr">Ira Erbs<br>
1959 100-6<br>
MKI engine and disc brakes<br>
Portland,OR</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 9, 2016 6:00 PM, "Charlie Frazer" <<a href="mailto:cfrazer@uoregon.edu">cfrazer@uoregon.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Rich Kahn’s post and the following discussion about the HF tire changer began with his need to install inner tubes because of air loss and to replace broken spokes.<br>
I’m curious to know how common those problems are among wire wheel owners.<br>
<br>
I ask because after returning from a 1200 mile trip to Rendezvous earlier this summer I discovered a rear wheel with 15 consecutive broken spokes, a pretty frightening percentage on a 60-spoke wheel. I bought the wheels new and they have about 12,000 miles on them. Never raced or abused. Needless to say, they are past the 3 year warranty period.<br>
<br>
How common is the problem of broken spokes?<br>
Thanks,<br>
Charlie Frazer<br>
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