User manual MINOURA WHEEL ASSEMBLY KIT

[. . . ] The Complete Kit for Wheel Assembling and Truing "WHEEL ASSEMBLY KIT" Instruction Manual MADE IN JAPAN -1- CONTENTS ASSEMBLING BICYCLE WHEELS CAUTION REQUIRED TOOLS AND PARTS . . . 3 WHEEL TRUING STAND (Workman Pro) · PURPOSE · COMPONENTS . . . 12 · ABOUT COMPONENTS RIM SPOKE NIPPLE HUB . . . 6 · BEFORE YOUR WORK · HOW TO ASSEMBLE WHEELS CHECK THE RIM CHECK THE HUB INSERT TO THE HUB FIRST SETTING SECOND SETTING COMPLETE SECOND SETTING SWIRL SPOKES THIRD SETTING FINAL SETTING · HOW TO OPEN · HOW TO FOLD . . . [. . . ] With holding the rim and rotate the hub clockwise. Now, you can see all spokes are in swirl pattern. You should push or pull the spokes to sink all its heads into the spoke holes in the rim. If you don't do it, the crossing spokes will not reach to its own holes. 5. SECOND SETTING Turn over the wheel to assemble another side before inserting spokes. As STEP:3, insert the spokes from inside to every second hub spoke holes. In this time, you should make sure that these spoke holes are half pitch left to the other side holes. -7- 8. You will not be able to finish this process with slanted wheel installation. And take all gauges of the truing stand away from the wheel now. We will explain how to use the wheel truing stand in the following pages. Rotate the wheel slowly, and tighten the nipples, which are connected to the drive side of the hub flange, equally by your finger until these nipples are tight. Tighten the nipples equally with a spoke wrench little by little. You should make sure that you don't tension all spokes completely, because you will have to tension the other side spokes later. After you finish this work, check the vertical shaking of the wheel first. You can ignore the shaking within 3mm now, it is just a habit of the rim. But if the vertical shaking will be appeared more than 6mm, you may not use this wheel in a race to prevent accidents. In offset wheel, the torque works only to the right side spokes. Because right side spokes should be assembled more vertically than left side. So you should understand that right side spoke tension is more important than left side spoke's one in this offset assembling. Well adjusted right side spokes can keep your wheel stable in the future. Left side spoke tension is just a help. § TENSION RIGHT SIDE SPOKES At first, you have to take care of right side spokes only. Left side spokes will be adjusted after this process, so now you don't have to worry about them. -9- 5. Of course, you have to do this process with right side spokes only. [. . . ] Turn over the wheel, and place the rim centering gauge onto the other side of the wheel. Do not forget to insert the hub shaft into the hole of the stainless gauge plate. § HOW TO CLOSE Close the rim centering gauge with opposite process of above. In this time, make sure that the plastic joint will not be broken with pulling out separately to each other. The stainless gauge plate will fit with its hole down. 6. [. . . ]