buckled wheel or bent spindle ?

Hello All ,

can anyone help with the following question .

whilst out on my MTB I took a jump and landed very heavily on the back wheel
, this resulted in the wheel appearing to move from left to right at the rim
..

Now is there a way to tell if i have buckled the wheel or bent the
hub/axle/spindle .

Also is there away to get the gear cogs off without having to buy a specail
tool to fit in the cogsas i cannot get the spindle out to check if it is
bent .

thanks for any help

Glenn

Glenn Spray wrote:
Hello All ,

can anyone help with the following question .

whilst out on my MTB I took a jump and landed very heavily on the back wheel
, this resulted in the wheel appearing to move from left to right at the rim
.

Now is there a way to tell if i have buckled the wheel or bent the
hub/axle/spindle .

Also is there away to get the gear cogs off without having to buy a specail
tool to fit in the cogsas i cannot get the spindle out to check if it is
bent .

thanks for any help


Its buckled.

On Feb 18, 5:26 pm, "Glenn Spray" wrote:
Now is there a way to tell if i have buckled the wheel or bent the
hub/axle/spindle .

Even if the spindle is bent, the wheel shouldn't wobble as the
bearings still spin around the axle in the correct plane

would insert some ascii art to explain but can't do it right

Also is there away to get the gear cogs off without having to buy a specail
tool to fit in the cogsas i cannot get the spindle out to check if it is
bent .

Take the wheel out and turn the axle. If it 'draws a circle' then
it's bent, if the ends don't wobble then it's straight.

If your bearings are in a race (rather than loose) then you can
usually remove the axle without having to remove the gears.

peter

in message , Glenn Spray
') wrote:

Hello All ,

can anyone help with the following question .

whilst out on my MTB I took a jump and landed very heavily on the back
wheel , this resulted in the wheel appearing to move from left to right
at the rim .

Now is there a way to tell if i have buckled the wheel or bent the
hub/axle/spindle .

Also is there away to get the gear cogs off without having to buy a
specail tool to fit in the cogsas i cannot get the spindle out to check
if it is bent .

It's buckled.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; no eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.
;; Jim Morrison

Glenn Spray wrote:
Hello All ,

can anyone help with the following question .

whilst out on my MTB I took a jump and landed very heavily on the back wheel
, this resulted in the wheel appearing to move from left to right at the rim
.

Now is there a way to tell if i have buckled the wheel or bent the
hub/axle/spindle .

The axle doesn't turn, so if it's bent, the wheel might rotate in the
wrong plane but it won't wobble left to right.

Your wheel is buckled.


Also is there away to get the gear cogs off without having to buy a specail
tool to fit in the cogsas i cannot get the spindle out to check if it is
bent .


Just unbolt the locknut and cone on one side (whichever is easiest to
reach). The spindle and a bunch of balls will fall out easily enough.

Cheers everyone ,

new wheel it is then

thx

Glenn

"Al C-F" m wrote in
message ...
Glenn Spray wrote:
Hello All ,

can anyone help with the following question .

whilst out on my MTB I took a jump and landed very heavily on the back
wheel , this resulted in the wheel appearing to move from left to right
at the rim .

Now is there a way to tell if i have buckled the wheel or bent the
hub/axle/spindle .

The axle doesn't turn, so if it's bent, the wheel might rotate in the
wrong plane but it won't wobble left to right.

Your wheel is buckled.


Also is there away to get the gear cogs off without having to buy a
specail tool to fit in the cogsas i cannot get the spindle out to check
if it is bent .


Just unbolt the locknut and cone on one side (whichever is easiest to
reach). The spindle and a bunch of balls will fall out easily enough.

in message , Glenn Spray
') wrote:

Cheers everyone ,

new wheel it is then

Why? Fixing a buckled wheel (that still rotates in the frame) is a piece of
cake - take you all of half an hour, and no parts, so (apart from your
time) free.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; All in all you're just another hick in the mall
-- Drink C'lloid

Simon Brooke wrote:
in message , Glenn Spray
') wrote:

Cheers everyone ,

new wheel it is then

Why? Fixing a buckled wheel (that still rotates in the frame) is a piece of
cake - take you all of half an hour, and no parts, so (apart from your
time) free.


And it's a very relaxing way to while away that half hour...

In article , Simon
Brooke
says...
in message , Glenn Spray
') wrote:

Cheers everyone ,

new wheel it is then

Why? Fixing a buckled wheel (that still rotates in the frame) is a piece of
cake

That rather depends quite how buckled it is - fair enough if it's the
sort of sideways sway that you get from breaking a couple of spokes, but
if there's a major ding in the rim you'll be lucky to put it right.

Rob Morley wrote:
In article , Simon
Brooke
says...
in message , Glenn Spray
') wrote:

Cheers everyone ,

new wheel it is then
Why? Fixing a buckled wheel (that still rotates in the frame) is a piece of
cake

That rather depends quite how buckled it is - fair enough if it's the
sort of sideways sway that you get from breaking a couple of spokes, but
if there's a major ding in the rim you'll be lucky to put it right.


I don't know what I'm talking about.... but from Glenn's description my
guess would be that the rim is flattened which because of uneven spoke
tension due to dishing led to the buckling.

I would certainly try to fix it but would advise Glenn to look out for
the radial difference as well as the lateral.