Broken spoke nipple
Hi all,
I've had a rather frustrating problem with a spoke nipple having broken whilst replacing a broken spoke in a set of Mavic Aksium wheels. I guess it's not a great surprise given the wheels have been used for cross plus the spoken damage was caused by the rear mech going into the spokes having apparently picked up some sort of bit of tree in the race. So now I need to sort out the results
Whilst trueing the wheel, the nipple has broken in half, leaving half in the spoke key and half firmly anchoring the spoke into the rim. I suspect this is the result of some sort of corrosion of the nipple. I can't turn the remaining half of the nipple - it looks like the only thing I can do is cut the new spoke and replace both with new. Any other suggestions?
Cheers,
Steve
I've had a rather frustrating problem with a spoke nipple having broken whilst replacing a broken spoke in a set of Mavic Aksium wheels. I guess it's not a great surprise given the wheels have been used for cross plus the spoken damage was caused by the rear mech going into the spokes having apparently picked up some sort of bit of tree in the race. So now I need to sort out the results
Whilst trueing the wheel, the nipple has broken in half, leaving half in the spoke key and half firmly anchoring the spoke into the rim. I suspect this is the result of some sort of corrosion of the nipple. I can't turn the remaining half of the nipple - it looks like the only thing I can do is cut the new spoke and replace both with new. Any other suggestions?
Cheers,
Steve
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You could loosen other spokes until you could pull the spoke out of the hub flange.0
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Try removing the rim tape . You might be able to get at it from the top of the nipple with a small screwdriver.
Geoff0 -
Try removing the rim tape . You might be able to get at it from the top of the nipple with a small screwdriver.
Geoff
Hi,
Yeah, rim tape is off but unfortunately not. Nothing to get any purchase on with the nipple driver.
Cheers,
Steve0 -
You could loosen other spokes until you could pull the spoke out of the hub flange.
I'm somewhat relunctant to do that as right now I only have one spoke to adjust to true the wheel but it may work. I guess at that point I may as well rebuild the wheel completely which doesn't fill me with great joy. I'll maybe have a look see if there is any obvious corrosion on the other nipples first I think.
Cheers,
Steve0 -
You could loosen other spokes until you could pull the spoke out of the hub flange.
I'm somewhat relunctant to do that as right now I only have one spoke to adjust to true the wheel but it may work. I guess at that point I may as well rebuild the wheel completely which doesn't fill me with great joy. I'll maybe have a look see if there is any obvious corrosion on the other nipples first I think.
Cheers,
Steve
i'd expect some corrosion unfortunately. best bet might be to find a replacement spoke and nipple, then cut the spoke out0 -
You could loosen other spokes until you could pull the spoke out of the hub flange.
I'm somewhat relunctant to do that as right now I only have one spoke to adjust to true the wheel but it may work. I guess at that point I may as well rebuild the wheel completely which doesn't fill me with great joy. I'll maybe have a look see if there is any obvious corrosion on the other nipples first I think.
Cheers,
Steve
i'd expect some corrosion unfortunately. best bet might be to find a replacement spoke and nipple, then cut the spoke out
Yeah, decided to do this in the end. I came up with the cunning plan to tape a block of wood to the rim to stop half the spoke flying out and I'm glad I did, given the hole it made in the wood!
Thanks for the help!
Cheers,
Steve0 -
good call on the wood0
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