So I am working on this rear wheel and hub after getting the rim chromed and new spokes from Scrambler Cycle. I have two issues that are new to me in rim work. My rim experience has been a few brand new DID rims and spokes that I have done which went well in both the spoke work and the truing of the wheels.
Not so with the CL77 rear rim, as the replacement spokes while the same length as the originals I removed have about a dozen starting to protrude, or are protruding into the rim tape area. The originals did not do that and there were some small concave washers under the spoke nuts that were badly rusted that I removed. The new spoke kits don't supply these washers as a replacement part. These would take up some of the protrusion on the spokes that are marginally close to entering the rim.
My first though is that I re spoked the rim incorrectly, yet the pattern matches other 36 spoke Honda rims I have, plus the indents left on the outer hub sections from the original outer spokes align correctly with those marks on the installed new spokes.
The other big issue is this rim has quite a bit of runout both vertically and horizontally. With it being a reinforced scrambler rim with the outer metal strength band on each side, it has been a bear to try to pull it into any sort of alignment. I just seem to be chasing my tail.
I didn't measure the rim/hub for any factory offset, which is possibly a mistake. My limited experience with later 70's Honda rims, is there isn't any offset to calculate. You just lace them up and true the wheel.
Here is the rim as presently laced up. Any thoughts on the pattern and any tips on getting the truing closer while I still have some tail left.
Not so with the CL77 rear rim, as the replacement spokes while the same length as the originals I removed have about a dozen starting to protrude, or are protruding into the rim tape area. The originals did not do that and there were some small concave washers under the spoke nuts that were badly rusted that I removed. The new spoke kits don't supply these washers as a replacement part. These would take up some of the protrusion on the spokes that are marginally close to entering the rim.
My first though is that I re spoked the rim incorrectly, yet the pattern matches other 36 spoke Honda rims I have, plus the indents left on the outer hub sections from the original outer spokes align correctly with those marks on the installed new spokes.
The other big issue is this rim has quite a bit of runout both vertically and horizontally. With it being a reinforced scrambler rim with the outer metal strength band on each side, it has been a bear to try to pull it into any sort of alignment. I just seem to be chasing my tail.
I didn't measure the rim/hub for any factory offset, which is possibly a mistake. My limited experience with later 70's Honda rims, is there isn't any offset to calculate. You just lace them up and true the wheel.
Here is the rim as presently laced up. Any thoughts on the pattern and any tips on getting the truing closer while I still have some tail left.