Home made truing stand...

[tireater]

It looks like I am going to have to start truing my own wheels...Does anyone have a pic of a truing stand they made...? Thanks

[hdjax2]

Sorry, no pics but I made one very crude and simple out of wood. 2x4 uprights and a plywood base. A couple gussets to brace the uprights to the base. Drilled axle holes in the uprights, mount a wheel and a dial indicator and have at it. I have 2 dial indicators so I can watch lateral and radial runout at the same time and it makes truing wheels pretty easy.

[ricochet]

Real basic and crude but it works like a charm:


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[ricochet]

Learning on the fly here folks:

[50Panhead]

I used 4 small roller bearings out of a vacuum cleaner beater brushes, in a angle iron stand.  If I get a chance tonight I'll post a photo.

[dablaze]

Ric...How much work was it to true that mag?



Craig

[50Panhead]

I dont' have a tire right now to display on it. But the roller bearings make the axle roll freely.

[mark61]

Learn from my stupidity! If you are lacing a new wheel....off set the hub the proper amount BEFORE lacing all the spokes! That way you don't end up spending days moving it over 1 spoke at a time!

mark61

[tireater]

Here is what I came up with...2 pieces of mystery scrap metal holding up a spare bagger swing arm...Cost me $2.00.........

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[racerat]

This al are nice truing stands... but take care when you have the old stile cone-shaped cups and rollers inside your hub, that you have enough tension on them and that they are well spacered inside.
Best Regards,
Fil.

[ricochet]

With the tiny roller bearings offering so little resistance it went pretty quickly but I was real anal about it and wanting to learn what I could from the process so spun it and market it like 10 times each wheel and the same onece the tire was mounted.  I started by actually checking the balance on the wheel itself and found the heaviest spot didn't correspond to the valve stem like they say and found a pattern that probably is specific to these forged wheels.  Looked like the stem was about at either 10 or 2 oclock so when it came time to mount the tire I took that into consideration then reballaced again.  At this point it was pretty close.  Since then I'm considering the dynabeads rather than sticking weights on.

ricochet

[dablaze]

I have found no ill effects from the Dyna beads on any wheels I have used them on. Just FYI.

Craig

[tireater]

They didn't work for me at all...I tried them on 3 wheels...The bike has to go a ways before they smooth out...
The co. itself says they may magnify any wheel problems you are having...My laced wheels need truing every 6 mo...