[Mgs] Wire wheel replacing spokes

[Max Heim]

Yes, the ping test is pretty tedious…

I find they either break just below the head (inside the hub, as you said) or on the threaded end just outside the nipple (where they often rust), and this is usually only when you are trying to adjust them.

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Max Heim
mvheim at sonic.net



> On Dec 8, 2016, at 6:06 AM, PaulHunt73 via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> I've never known them check the spokes in the UK, although the test does call for it in 1b:  http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_420.htm <http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_420.htm>
>  
> An ex-MOTer pal says it is a visual only (like on BMW spoked alloys) although a very keen tester may ping them - all 240/320 of them.  In my experience when they break the break is inside the hub, so only detectable if you do ping or wiggle them.
>  
> PaulH.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>  
>> Do they check every spoke when they do the MOT? I can't imagine anyone in the US checking for something like that during our 'inspections'. Here in NJ, they don't even
>> do safety inspections any longer, just emissions testing.
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