On 2/8/2020 1:00 PM, pH wrote:
I note my non-drive side spokes are looser than I'd like and plan to give them a 1/4 turn.

I don't think it should affect my centering much, but, anyway,
since it's been a long time I'm planning to put a drop of transmission fluid on each nipple then heat it briefly w/ a propane torch, or maybe vice-versa, heat then oil, just so I can make sure they are not too bound up.

Good idea? Bad idea?
I'll hold off a day until some opinions roll in.

ph in Aptos


That will move your rim off center to the left so if that's
what you need, go right ahead.

Also, what did you use to lubricate the nipples when you
built it? Do you know that they do not turn easily now?

Heat seems a poor choice. Here, we detension the whole
wheel, lubricate with fresh linseed oil and then bring it
back to correct tension. Fighting sticky threads a few at a
time seems a poor use of time to me.

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