wheel off centre?

GordonFreeman

this wheel looks off centre, is that a frame problem? Anything I can do to fix it?



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ride_whenever

Flip the wheel and see if it is still offset to the same side. If not then the wheel needs dishing, if it is then the forks are bent.

ugo.santalucia

ride_whenever wrote:

Flip the wheel and see if it is still offset to the same side. If not then the wheel needs dishing, if it is then the forks are bent.

+1.

If it's the wheel, then try and wind up the nipples of the non drive side (as it is now) of half a turn each (anti clockwise looking from the spoke side of the nipple) and if not enough then another half a turn... it should end up well centred and probably reasonably true
Otherwise a trip to the LBS should cost you 10 pounds or so

GordonFreeman

ugo.santalucia wrote:

ride_whenever wrote:

Flip the wheel and see if it is still offset to the same side. If not then the wheel needs dishing, if it is then the forks are bent.

+1.

If it's the wheel, then try and wind up the nipples of the non drive side (as it is now) of half a turn each (anti clockwise looking from the spoke side of the nipple) and if not enough then another half a turn... it should end up well centred and probably reasonably true
Otherwise a trip to the LBS should cost you 10 pounds or so

The non drive side? the side further away from the frame or the other?
TBF, there is a bump in the rim from when I innflated a tube but it was pinching on the outside, it blew up but bent the rim as well - can that be trued up or is it basically shot - it cannot be trued with the spokes because the actualy rim is bent out.

ugo.santalucia

Non drive side is the left side of the bike, the one without the drive train.
A tyre blowing off should not damage a rim, my feeling is that your wheel has very low tension (especially on the left side) which causes it to go off centre and off true.
Best to take it to your local shop for an assessment... you'll probably walk out with a new pair of Aksium, but you never know...

GordonFreeman

ugo.santalucia wrote:

Non drive side is the left side of the bike, the one without the drive train.
A tyre blowing off should not damage a rim, my feeling is that your wheel has very low tension (especially on the left side) which causes it to go off centre and off true.
Best to take it to your local shop for an assessment... you'll probably walk out with a new pair of Aksium, but you never know...

I had done the outside nuts up too tight on one side.

Re the wheel, he said it has a damaged rim near the valve but as it's steel it will be almost impossible to fix.
So, it's a new alu wheel at around £25. Maybe I can find something decent on eBay - was hoping for max £15.

ugo.santalucia

GordonFreeman wrote:

ugo.santalucia wrote:

Non drive side is the left side of the bike, the one without the drive train.
A tyre blowing off should not damage a rim, my feeling is that your wheel has very low tension (especially on the left side) which causes it to go off centre and off true.
Best to take it to your local shop for an assessment... you'll probably walk out with a new pair of Aksium, but you never know...

I had done the outside nuts up too tight on one side.

Re the wheel, he said it has a damaged rim near the valve but as it's steel it will be almost impossible to fix.
So, it's a new alu wheel at around £25. Maybe I can find something decent on eBay - was hoping for max £15.

As usual the LBS assessment makes no sense at all...
25 pounds for a new wheel is very reasonable, I fear it is a piece of junk, better to get something second hand on Ebay as you say.
Recently I did buy on Ebay a 1990 set for restoration, which in today money would cost 5-600 pounds... I paid 40... 8)

GordonFreeman

I told him the brakes were catching so the rim was definitely deformed but he said it was the join - didn't make any sense as every wheel has a join and you never feel them catching the brake.
Anyway, ebay it is...probably end up cheaper than a £12-£15 wheel trueing anyway.