Dismantle A Wheel

jedi_master

I have an old set of wheels that I want to dismantle but I want to keep the rims. I plan at some point to have the rims built on to another set of hubs, so I want to keep the rims in tacked. What's the best why to remove the spokes so that the rim doesn't go all out of shape and no longer usable.

I have had a search about and results where mainly about lacing a wheel or replacing one or two spokes.

Chunkers1980

Doesn't really matter.

Just take a couple of turns out of the nipple working your way round a couple of times. Then remove nipples and spokes.

njee20

Don't cut the spokes, do it gradually. A turn a time on the nipples will be fine until they're slack, then just unwind one by one.

jedi_master

Wasn't planning to cut them. Just to recap, instead on completely undoing one nipple at a time, I undo each, one turn at a time going round the rim until the nipples are slack the then undo them fully.

Chunkers1980

That's the one.

jedi_master

Thanks.

bikaholic

Remember to label the piles of spokes thus if you plan on reusing the spokes:

- Front Wheel NDS
- Front Wheel DS

- Rear Wheel NDS
- Rear Wheel DS

If the front wheel is a non-disc hub wheel then, there only needs to be 3 piles as the spoke lengths of the front wheel DS and NDS are equal.

andrewjoseph

if you are planning on using the same rim on a different hub, why not just leave the wheel as it is until you are ready to change?