Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
My Spokes Don't Fit Right?
Polar-Bus:
Kawasaki OEM rear wheels do not use different length spokes like some other brand wheels. Some Kawasaki front wheels do have different inner/outer spoke sets. All 36 spokes should be the same length and bend on your KX500. Do you have OEM kawasaki hubs ?
oic0:
I think so, unless the previous owner changed it which I doubt. The hub looks just like the one on the microfiche.
oic0:
*Edit* I got a reply from them. They said its normal and OK to flex them to match the hole. I guess I'll take their word. Little scary though. To make em fit like that we had to bend em in line with the hole and tap em in with a punch.
Polar-Bus:
--- Quote from: oic0 on April 21, 2011, 02:32:31 AM ---*Edit* I got a reply from them. They said its normal and OK to flex them to match the hole. I guess I'll take their word. Little scary though. To make em fit like that we had to bend em in line with the hole and tap em in with a punch.
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This is a reason, I always stay with OEM parts. One tip, make absolutely sure there is no spoke threads protruding past the nipple, this wil surely fester puncture tube flats.
kxpegger:
--- Quote from: oic0 on April 21, 2011, 02:32:31 AM ---*Edit* I got a reply from them. They said its normal and OK to flex them to match the hole. I guess I'll take their word. Little scary though. To make em fit like that we had to bend em in line with the hole and tap em in with a punch.
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I have a newer KX500AF. There are nine spokes longer than the rest on the 450F rear hubs and they go on the inner brake rotor side of the hub. I've never laced an entire wheel one spoke at a time but I have laced more wheels then I care to count...Nevada desert! It may seem counter intuitive to lace the outer spokes first and then the inners but this prevents binding. I'm sure this holds true for older steel frames as well. If your spoke kit came with an even number of different size spokes the longer ones go in the holes closest to the hub axle housing (inners). On my 450/500 there is only about two threads difference, the same as you mentioned with yours.
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