Thanks for the input guys! ...really appreciate it. I have been wrestling with this SS project over
this weekend.
I managed to respaced the hub relative to the axle (moved a 4mm spacer over to the non-drive side).
The rim is not off center by too much. Do you think i can get away with this without redishing the
rim? Anyways, the chainline difference is now around 1.5-3mm. Do you think this is going to cause
trouble? I will be using a 1/2 by 1/8 BMX chain... The front chainring is a 42t 7speed campy victory
ring and the rear is a 16t Shimano freewheel....
"Nigel Grinter" <
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> > Should this be done by the shop? or is it a simple job that one can do
at
> > home with just a spoke wrench?

>
> You can certainly do this at home with just a wrench, using your bike frame to hold the wheel and
> the brake pads as truing indicators. You can check the dishing is correct by flipping the wheel
> over in the frame and seeing if the rim stays in the same position relative to the brake pads,
> although this will not be as accurate as the using a dishing tool - a fairly inexpensive item.
> Since wheels are generally undertensioned, as long as the problem you describe is not severe -
> i.e. the wheel is off by only 2-3mm - then you are probably OK to re-center it by simply
> tightening all the spokes on the side of the wheel towards which you want the rim to move.
> Try a quarter turn on each spoke on that side to begin with and see how much that moves the
> rim to the side.
>
> After centering the rim, you will need to stress relieve the spokes by grasping pairs of
> nearly-parallel spokes on the same side of the wheel and squeezing them together HARD. After this
> treatment, the wheel may need some minor re-truing, after which repeating the stress-relieving
> should have little or no effect on lateral trueness. If the wheel goes severely out of true upon
> stress-relieving, you may have over-tensioned it and will need to back off tension on both sides
> of the wheel. To preserve centering of the rim while you do this (I am assuming this is a rear
> wheel), loosen the left-hand spokes twice as much as the right hand ones.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Nigel Grinter