Wheel trueing

dubnutty

dubnutty

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Does anyone know of a place or person that does wheel repairs? I just picked up a set of 19 for my ‘29 project. A couple have a bit of run out. I didn’t expect perfection but I’d like to get these close before I powder coat them. Thanks for any advice.
 
The one thing that I am a strong proponent of is truing the spoke by shrinking or stretching. The shrinking can ONLY be done with heat. If the rim is trued only using pressure, it will not stay true and you are wasting your money. The theory in this is the spokes must remain in tension all the time to hold the rim in alignment. When the wheel is bent, some piece of metal is stretched. Metal does not have elasticity per se', so just returning the bent area back to the original location does not mean the metal's molecules automatically return to their former position With the stretched metal, the only way to re-tension the metal is to heat and shrink the metal.
 
Check out Berts model A center in Colorado , Phone 800-321-1931 . Berts can true or straighten model A wheels . They usually have good straight original wheels on hand when needed . I am very pleased with the straight original wheels that I bought from them !!!
 
Thanks everyone for the help in which direction to go. I’ll check out all three places. I looked at that wheel trueing article and as much as I would like to try I don’t think I want chance it making them worse.
 
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