[-dustin]

wheelbuilders, do you guys use the DT Proline spoke head driver to seat the spoke heads in the flange? any idea if a punch would work?

 

[Smelly]

i have a torx T-25 that i use. it's about 7" long with a fat, flat ended handle, and the torx end is big enough to cover most of the spoke head. it's much easier to use than a punch.
so yeah, you can pretty much use anything, far as i know. someone please tell me if i'm wrong and i've been screwing up wheels all these years.

 

[Rockland]

I have the DT punch and use it. To tell you the truth, it's not that great a tool. The concave on the end of the punch is too deep. Depending on how well the particular combo of spoke & hub are seating together, the punch will contact the hub flange. I'm shure a regular flat ended punch would work fine. Just more prone to walk off the head when you wack at it.

 

[JRB]

I throw koolaid on mine. It's not really punch, but I guess I would in a bind.


*never done anything really special.

 

[Buck Fever]

Only when they deserve it. That said, I haven't had to do it for a while. I've found that when they give you some $h1t, you punch them while they're in front of all the other spokes and you won't have problems for a while.

 

[MikeD]

Nail set punch would be perfect, no?

 

[PsychO!1]

Nail set punch would be perfect, no?

That's what I use, works great!!!

 

[-dustin]

alrighty, well then...the Craftsman list for today includes:

20mm socket
11mm socket
ball-ended metric hex set
some of those pick things (look like skinny, grounded down screwdrivers)
punch

what i really need is a bigger freakin toolbox, but i can hardly lift the one i have now into my truck.

 

[Buck Fever]

alrighty, well then...the Craftsman list for today includes:

20mm socket
11mm socket
ball-ended metric hex set
some of those pick things (look like skinny, grounded down screwdrivers)
punch

what i really need is a bigger freakin toolbox, but i can hardly lift the one i have now into my truck.

for the pick, I grind a spoke into a lethal point after bending the other end into a loopy "T". It's extremely useful.

Craftsman makes a very nice 1/8" drift punch that works great on spoke heads. It works even better if you have the inclination to grind the tip with a spherical grinding tool.

 

[Skookum]

maybe if i was wearing a boxing glove.

 

[-dustin]

yeah, grinding a spoke is what i'd rather do, but i haven't got access to a grinder...that i know of.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

How about a file or a hand stone? This ain't rocket science, hell, use a rock.

 

[-dustin]

lazy. and i wanted one of the neato little hooked ones.

 

[JRB]

lazy. and i wanted one of the neato little hooked ones.

I got some bad assed dental picks at a gun show that I was dragged to.

 

[-dustin]

crafstman had this set that looked like dental tools. even had the little mirror.

 

[Skookum]

maybe if i was wearing a boxing glove.

well "i" thought it was funny......

 

[-dustin]

do 12pt sockets fit hex heads? i accidently grabbed a 12pt 11mm socket, and it won't fit the corresponding bolt on my Sherman. i used an 11mm nut driver, and the fit was quite snug, but still fit. (the manual said to use an 11mm socket or nut driver)

 

[JRB]

6 pt sockets fit with a better grip. That is why they say to use them. With a 12 pt, there is part of the nut that is untouched. With 6 pt, it is all touched.

 

[-dustin]

oooo...all touched, huh? i like the sound of that.