Spoke replacement on XT rim / XT M776 hub

DodgeT

Must of been having too much fun yesterday at penmachno and managed to break a spoke on the rear wheel.

Seeing as the wheel is still in true, can I just replace the one spoke easily enough, tension it similar to the rest and away I go?

Guessing that it'll screw into the nipple at the rim as it seems to hook into the hub?

(never touched spokes before) Really need to get it sorted for the weekend, the LBS is fully booked for a week......

supersonic

Basically, yes.

Remove old spoke, replace with new of same length (and preferably same type) and retrue/tension wheel.

nicklouse

your big issue is going to be getting the spokes.

I would look at getting a spare wheel.

how to replace a spoke here

http://techdocs.shimano.com/media/techd ... 616148.pdf

DodgeT

Cheers guys.

Nicklouse, are these spokes not commonly sold seperately?

nicklouse

they are not common.

we have to order them in.

nicklouse

see which you need 270 or 272

http://techdocs.shimano.com/media/techd ... 728618.pdf

and Petra cycles seem to have them in stock.

http://www.petracycles.co.uk/whm776-spo ... 18564.html


http://www.petracycles.co.uk/whm776-spo ... 18545.html

but tis is presuming that it is the shimano wheel build
WH-M776

DodgeT

Thanks very much for that, and yes, it is the shimano build, well, they are marked up WH-M776 so seems to tie up.

I'll get one (and maybe a spare of each) ordered tomorrow.

Thanks again