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Old 10-17-21, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Funkywheels63
Good morning, got the spoke wrench from Parker tools. was checking to see where my brake pads were binding to the wheel rim. found three areas where it's binding. my questions are, do I work one area at a time and then move on to the next, and, do I work from the center outwards, or it doesn't make a difference. Thanks
You should do a little reading up on "Wheel Truing" before you start twisting spoke nipples. It's not difficult, but a systematic approach will give you better results.
See Park Tools, Sheldon Brown (scroll down to "Tensioning and Truing"). A good, inexpensive, basic source of wheel-building information is Roger Musson's book on Wheelbuilding.
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