lacing my 21 inch...
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Road Warrior
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lacing my 21 inch...
hey folks,
i got my 3.25 rim and stock 07 WG hub back from powdering... I got my ss spokes and nips from HDWheels.... and I'm about to lace this up, myself
any advice?
i think there's a different lacing pattern i need to use as opposed to the one outlined in the service manual....'venturachop' mentioned a 3/6 pattern in one of his posts- not sure what that means, though
any help would be greatly appreciated before i get rocking on this
thanks, paul
i got my 3.25 rim and stock 07 WG hub back from powdering... I got my ss spokes and nips from HDWheels.... and I'm about to lace this up, myself
any advice?
i think there's a different lacing pattern i need to use as opposed to the one outlined in the service manual....'venturachop' mentioned a 3/6 pattern in one of his posts- not sure what that means, though
any help would be greatly appreciated before i get rocking on this
thanks, paul
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I think most on here who have laced 21" wheels did so to use on a midglide front end using their original hub. For these, they needed to following the section of the manual which outlined the steps to lace a 19" wheel.
Your wide-glide hub is of a different type and requires a different method to lace it than those who laced a 21" loop to the 19" wheel hub. You should follow the steps in the manual offered for the 21" wheel.
Your wide-glide hub is of a different type and requires a different method to lace it than those who laced a 21" loop to the 19" wheel hub. You should follow the steps in the manual offered for the 21" wheel.
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Road Warrior
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eh, something isn't right ..... one side laced up fine, according to the manual.... flipped everything over to do the other side and something's off...hard to explain
damn
damn
Tourer
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I got my 3.5 x 21" rim this winter for my street bob. No HD dealer in my area would not even attempt to lace it !
Finally found someone to do it... and got it done . Shop guy said it was the worst job he ever had to do, took him over 3 hours and he had 25 years experience lacing rims.. he said HD spoke pattern is THE most difficult compared to other manufactures.
Hope it works out for you
Finally found someone to do it... and got it done . Shop guy said it was the worst job he ever had to do, took him over 3 hours and he had 25 years experience lacing rims.. he said HD spoke pattern is THE most difficult compared to other manufactures.
Hope it works out for you
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When I laced mine, I had a hard time taking the info in the manual and applying it to the actual lacing of the wheel. Took me three bad tries before I finally got it on the fourth try.
On the first three tries, I could get spokes 1 - 30 laced and all seemed well till I got to spoke 31. At that point, there was no longer enough room to get the spoke in the appropriate hole in the rim (loop).
Very frustrated at this point, the fourth attempt I try lacing them in the reverse direction of what I was interpreting the manual to read, Finally, everything fell into place. To explain, if I read the manual to tell me to group a section of spokes to the left, I went to the right, and vice versa.
May not apply in your situation, but thought it was worth mentioning.
On the first three tries, I could get spokes 1 - 30 laced and all seemed well till I got to spoke 31. At that point, there was no longer enough room to get the spoke in the appropriate hole in the rim (loop).
Very frustrated at this point, the fourth attempt I try lacing them in the reverse direction of what I was interpreting the manual to read, Finally, everything fell into place. To explain, if I read the manual to tell me to group a section of spokes to the left, I went to the right, and vice versa.
May not apply in your situation, but thought it was worth mentioning.
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Road Warrior
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i got the wheel laced....and the profile is fine.... but there seems to be a pattern where like every 4th and 5th spoke are too long through the drop in the center- as if the rubber strip wouldn't work around the circumference
i'm just gonna take it to a shop
i'm just gonna take it to a shop
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No worries, lacing and truing can be one of the more tricky things to do.
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When I was a bicycle mechanic I built my fair share of wheels. It is definitely a skill that gets better with practice. The following link is for bicycle wheel building , but unless there is something I'm not seeing when I look at my SB's wheels, it should give some insight into wheel lacing.
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Road Warrior
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well, i'm gonna leave it the way it is and drop it off to get trued... i'll see what these guys say... it's a Honda dealership, but they've had the same guys there for a few decades working on bikes and I know they lace wheels, regularly.
If they can't square it away, i'll send it out to hdwheels.
what a bitch
If they can't square it away, i'll send it out to hdwheels.
what a bitch
