Cracked Allant rear rim

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It's not hard and and the process is well documented. It can be done with out the truing stand if you see the Grin video above. If you buy the Park stand and dishing tool new it will set you back that $500 in tools alone. Unless you are planning to build more wheels in the future or just want the experience, it is probably better to pay a shop to do it.

I'm not working with a hub motor. It's a regular MTB wheel fed off a Bosch mid-drive.

Yeah, I may not buy the Park stand. Still shopping around. There are much cheaper options available for occasional use. And I do have some more wheel work on my list. Wanna swap the hoops on my Yeti SB95 and an older 26er with a Lefty. And it would be nice to be able to true rims with a dedicated, stable jig instead of using the frame or fork & zipties .

 

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In case you were wondering. I'm taking the 'high road?'. Farming this out is too much work. I'm kinda curious anyway. So, disassembled the wheel, learned a few things along the way.

Next task - determine ERD, order up a rim and a few more tools, and attempt a rim swap. Assuming the hub looks good when I get in there - saving that for tomorrow. Either way, I'm building this.

 

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Among early observations - this rim is poorly built. Not only is jagged machining crust left on the holes, but I found a couple sharp nipples - apprentice marks

Ever wondered how you got a flat but didn't run over anything?

 

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I almost never use power tools on bikes, but this is one place that it just works. Super slow and low power mode of course.

Almost never use a flathead driver on, uh, anything either. This gets the nipples off pretty easily after a few turns from a spoke wrench to zero the tension all the way around

Picked up a Park ND-1 for the re-install

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