wheel no centered

chopchopchop

I got a replacement rear wheel a few weeks ago and noticed whilst cleaning it's not central when I look at where the rear triangle meets the main tube. when I pull in the quick release to tighted the wheel it seems to bring the from in about 5mm.

Is it a simple case of missing a spacer on one side? it is the side without the cassette that comes in.

desweller

Are you sure that the axle is properly seated in the dropout?

What wheel did you get? What bike do you have?

chopchopchop

I have a Boardman comp and got an Open Pro. I tried loosening spkes on one side and tightening them on the other and it has brought it back in most of the way so looks like it was dished.

keef66

You seem to be mis-using the term dished. All rear wheels are dished to allow room for the cassette on one side. It just means that the drive side spokes enter the rim at less of an angle but are under greater tension.

Sounds like your wheel might have been incorrectly dished.

earth

keef66 wrote:

You seem to be mis-using the term dished. All rear wheels are dished to allow room for the cassette on one side. It just means that the drive side spokes enter the rim at less of an angle but are under greater tension.

Sounds like your wheel might have been incorrectly dished.

Keef66 - You know Newmarket is not spelled Noomarket. It's spelled the way it is spoken - Noomarhkut.

keef66

earth wrote:

keef66 wrote:

You seem to be mis-using the term dished. All rear wheels are dished to allow room for the cassette on one side. It just means that the drive side spokes enter the rim at less of an angle but are under greater tension.

Sounds like your wheel might have been incorrectly dished.

Keef66 - You know Newmarket is not spelled Noomarket. It's spelled the way it is spoken - Noomarhkut.

You are indeed correct, but I'm a recent incomer (25 years ago) compared with the locals, so I talk posher.

chopchopchop

I didn't know that. A spoke snapped this morning and I pointed out my concerns to the guy at the LBS who explained it needs to be under more tension on the cassette side etc.

chopchopchop

After continuing to have problems with spokes coming loose I took the wheel to a wheel builder last weekend, Dave Hinde in Northwich. For £30 they completely rebuilt the wheel (using existing spokes, hub, rim) and it has been great. Managed to do 46 miles on my commute this week and no problems so far. Hopefully that's sorted it now.