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- bent. This would cause a weak rim
- that may bend again, or perhaps
- some spokes may break eventually.
- In the case of severely bent rims
- you must re-bend the wheel before
- adjusting the spokes. Standing on
- the wheel, or leaning on it
- against a table will do the trick.
- Some people will hit it with a big
- rubber mallet. However you do it,
- be sure you are operating on the
- exact area where the bend is. If
- you accidentally add another bend,
- instead of fixing the first one,
- the repair will be much more
- difficult.
- Re-bending a wheel is a skill
- that requires lots of practice to
- be a reliable repair technique.
- Good Luck!
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- FLAT SPOTS
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- Flat spots can be repaired.
- Sometimes you can fix one by
- loosening the spokes at the flat
- spot and tightening all the other
- spokes in the wheel. More severe
- flat spots require removing two or
- three spokes at the damaged area,
- hitting the rim outward with a
- mallet until it bulges out just a
- little beyond round, and then
- reconnecting and tightening the
- spokes where the flat spot used to
- be.
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