Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original

My Spokes Don't Fit Right?

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sandblaster:

--- Quote from: oic0 on April 19, 2011, 01:52:08 AM ---I think so, unless the previous owner changed it which I doubt. The hub looks just like the one on the microfiche.

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If your bike is a 2000 k5 then your hub will be stamped R-1237.
If it is anything different, let me know what it is.

oic0:
I got them on there. The longer ones do stick through by about two threads :/ . I did it with the ones on the inner ones as inner, and the outside ones as outer (as they go over and under each other). The wheel must have been pretty out of round though as it sticks through much worse in some spots than others. Will duct tape and the tire band be enough to save me from that?
Some of em stick through, some of em are rather shallow, if I could find a rhyme or reason in it I would move em around to compensate. If I need to fix em though I probably need to figure it out before I pay to have em trued. I probably need to loosen em too, I pulled em all in pretty tight because their lack of bend was making them not want to pull flush with the hub.

maddoggy:
if this were my project, i would purchase new spokes from a reputable company such as kawi or excel. i would replace those questionable ones you bought and go with the proper parts. what if the whole lot of spokes were to fail while out on the first ride? scary thought. what if you were on a long ride and the longer spokes finally punctured the tube 20 miles from the truck? sometimes you just need to step back and admit that a mistake was made and take your lumps, move on and do it right. just my opinion.

oic0:
I bought these particular ones because most of what I read online said they were the best :(

maddoggy:

--- Quote from: oic0 on April 26, 2011, 02:16:31 PM ---I bought these particular ones because most of what I read online said they were the best :(

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thats the thing about the internet. you can take about 95% of the info on the net and flush it right down the crapper.

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