Nipples

[MontyTenere]

Hi,
I've lost a nipple - From my rear wheel.
Just got back from a ride & noticed a clinking sound putting the bike back in the garage. Spoke dangling - Nipple gone.
I don't suppose anyone has any rear wheel nipples available for the XT12000?
I don't want to spend £100 to buy a full set of spokes, just for one nipple.
Where's Scaramanga when you need him?
Kind regards,
Monty.

 

[EricV]

Zip ties are your friend.

There are some forum members selling spokes, presumably with nipples, in the For Sale section of this forum.

 

[MontyTenere]

Cheers for the swift reply.

Anyone in the UK ?

 

[EricV]

Cheers for the swift reply.

Anyone in the UK ?

Here you go M8

Possibility, though an older post - http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=14261.msg223625#msg223625

Full set for 85 pounds - http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=22157.0

Seach is your friend.

 

[jonals]

Hey Monty
PM me your address and I'll send you one up.
Good to see you got another ST.
Jon

 

[MontyTenere]

Thanks everyone for the replies. Very much appreciated.

PM sent Jon.

 

[jonals]

It's in the post.

Not had a chance to get away this year and not looking likely with a house move coming up. But the ST is a surprisingly good London commuter and it's grown on me a lot in the last six months.

Best wishes

Jon

 

[MontyTenere]

Bike all sorted now.
Spokes all torqued up 6nm front and rear. Well the rear wheel anyway. The rear was not too bad to get to with torque wrench & long allen key attachment, but I found the fronts trickier.
Knowing that the rear spokes were tightened to 6nm with a torque wrench, so getting a feel for it, I listened to the ping sound and was confident enough to tighten the fronts by ear. Not many needed doing on the front. On the rear though, about 50% needed tightening, none more than 1/4 turn, but still more than I expected. I bought a torque wrench set from 'wriggle.co.uk' - http://www.wiggle.co.uk/x-tools-essential-torque-wrench-set/ - (So that I wouldn't crack my mudguard when I put my fender extender on) It did a nice job on the spokes using the long 5mm allen key supplied. Money well spent. (No I don't work for 'wiggle')

Thanks everybody