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California98Civic · 09-24-2016, 02:49 PM

Fixed it. Thanks for the input. Test ride went fine, but I do seem to be losing another rear spoke, maybe. Wheel seems out of true. I guess the weiht of the battery and all the miles on the public streets takes a toll on this relatively narrow wheel. Another new job!

EDIT: I discovered the wheel is not so much out of true as out of alignment. A small aluminum shim in the wheel dropout oposite the side the derailuer is on solved the problem
james

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California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	Fixed the derailleur dropout Fixed it. Thanks for the input. Test ride went fine, but I do seem to be losing another rear spoke, maybe. Wheel seems out of true. I guess the weiht of the battery and all the miles on the public streets takes a toll on this relatively narrow wheel. Another new job! EDIT: I discovered the wheel is not so much out of true as out of alignment. A small aluminum shim in the wheel dropout oposite the side the derailuer is on solved the problem james Attached Thumbnails __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread. Last edited by California98Civic; 09-24-2016 at 03:21 PM.. Reason: title