<div dir="ltr"><div>Sometimes a ham-fisted tire tech will change a wire wheel tire on equipment really meant for disc wheels.</div><div><br></div><div>That equipment may use a steel rod that is intended to pass through a lug hole to secure the wheel during the work. If that rod is used through a gap in the spokes (near the hub) it will secure the wheel but may also bend the spoke as the tire is worked onto the rim.</div><div><br></div><div>Geo</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Sujit Roy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:triumphstag@gmail.com" target="_blank">triumphstag@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px">I have about 12 wired wheel in various states. I have noticed on a few that one or two spokes are bent slightly. Bent as if someone went in between two and tried parting them<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">What is a likely cause of on or two on a few wheels to bend like this?</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Sujit</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">'71 Stag</div><br></div>
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