Wheel truing tips (bicycle)?
When my wheel wobbles side to side, I usually keep the wheel at the spot where it wobbles and comes too close to one side of the brake shoe.
I then turn the spoke wrench on the closest few spokes to center the rim. (I know this is not a good way to check the tension on the opposite side of the hub though).
I don't have a truing stand but I hear some ppl say that a bike is the best truing stand to use.
How does everyone else out there true their wheels without having a truing stand?
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I would recommend getting a truing stand. You could do it with the bike using the brake pads to measure the "rub" as the side-to-side hits... but it's not very precise. I would only do this if I was out on the road with a tweaked wheel and no truing stand in site.
The other problem is "dish". You can true a wheel without a stand, but the wheel can still be out of dish (meaning the rim is not centered on the wheel, in reference to the hub) or "offset" in Park Tool terminology.
Truing a wheel is a task that takes a long time to master, but minor truing can be done for temporary fixes.
Using your brakes to true your wheel is a good way to do it without a truing stand, especially for minor trues. However, it won't be as good as truing your entire wheel on a truing stand.
When you loosen/tighten your spokes make sure that you are turning them the correct way. To determine the correct way, pretend you are looking at your spoke through the tire and turn it clockwise to tighten and counterclockwise to loosen. If one spot is rubbing against your brake, you should loosen the spokes closest to the side rubbing and tighten the spokes on the opposite side of the rim. Start out only turning the spokes a 1/4 turn or so. You don't want to overtighten or overloosen your spokes or your wheel could fail.
If you are having difficulties truing your wheel, you can take it to your local bike shop and ask them if they can show you how to do it. A good shop shouldn't have any problem doing this.
Read this article on wheel truing from Park tools, the premier maker of bike tools.
http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=81
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I TURN MY BIKE UPSIDE DOWN AND FIND THE SPOT THAT THE WHEEL COMES CLOSEST TO THE PAD AND SLIGHTLY LOOSEN THAT SPOKE....DO THIS ON BOTH SIDES AGAIN AND AGAIN, JUST LOOSENING VERY SLIGHTLY...LIKE A QUARTER TURN AT MOST UNTIL IT IS PERFECT...SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG