Loose Spoke

[Frank W. Marrs III]

I have a pair of kind-of-junk wheels that I train on. Whenever I ride,
one spoke (the same one) rattles loose. I noticed that there was no
spoke prep on the threads, so I put some on there; didn't solve the
problem. Any ideas? I'm afraid to put loctite on because it might
leave the wheel un-truable.

Frank

 

[Jim Behning]

Blue Loctite is not that strong. I think the red is a bit stonger.
Some versions require a lot of torque to break loose, some versions
suggest a little heat. If you are going to use Loctite then the blue
version should be fine. I have built a few wheels with nothing but
Triflow. A lubricant, not a spoke prep or locking compound. I did not
have issues with spokes going loose when the wheel is properly
tensioned.

http://www.loctite.com/int_henkel/loctite_us/binarydata/pdf/LT3770v2_ThreadTreatments.pdf

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:01:43 -0400, "Frank W. Marrs III"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I have a pair of kind-of-junk wheels that I train on. Whenever I ride,
>one spoke (the same one) rattles loose. I noticed that there was no
>spoke prep on the threads, so I put some on there; didn't solve the
>problem. Any ideas? I'm afraid to put loctite on because it might
>leave the wheel un-truable.
>
>Frank

 

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On Aug 26, 7:01 pm, "Frank W. Marrs III" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I have a pair of kind-of-junk wheels that I train on. Whenever I ride,
> one spoke (the same one) rattles loose. I noticed that there was no
> spoke prep on the threads, so I put some on there; didn't solve the
> problem. Any ideas? I'm afraid to put loctite on because it might
> leave the wheel un-truable.
>
> Frank

Rim deformed(dented) there and the tension is too low. Raise the
tension there and accept the flat spot or rebuild with a new rim.