09-10-2021, 07:00 AM
Hi
Have you tried jacking up each wheel in turn? Grasping top and bottom and trying to rock the wheel will tell you if there is any play in the bearings or kingpins. If all is well there, spin the wheel with a block of wood on the ground next to the tyre. That will give you an indication of how out of true the wheel is. Follow that up with mounting a dial gauge touching on the rim. When re-spoking wheels you should aim to get less than an 1/8” out of true. (Note the tyres may be more as they are often not true on the rim).
Hard to say how much out of true becomes problematic as out of balance wheels don’t normally have an affect until over 50 mph.
Cheers
Howard
Have you tried jacking up each wheel in turn? Grasping top and bottom and trying to rock the wheel will tell you if there is any play in the bearings or kingpins. If all is well there, spin the wheel with a block of wood on the ground next to the tyre. That will give you an indication of how out of true the wheel is. Follow that up with mounting a dial gauge touching on the rim. When re-spoking wheels you should aim to get less than an 1/8” out of true. (Note the tyres may be more as they are often not true on the rim).
Hard to say how much out of true becomes problematic as out of balance wheels don’t normally have an affect until over 50 mph.
Cheers
Howard