Spoke/rim click

censored Durbin said:

My rear wheel uses a 32 hole Open Pro rim. It started clicking with each revolution recently. A
friend suggested that the click was coming from the interface between the rim and the spoke nipple
and that I should just put a drop of oil on each of the nipples where they enter the rim. This
rectified the problem for a few hundred miles but the problem came back this weekend.

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Anyone have any thoughts on this?

You are experiencing rust-click, something that occurs in ball bearings as well as other high
contact pressure interfaces. You have rusted steel eyelets that click when the nipple frets in
place. This is the best proof that these are dynamic interfaces and that they wear. I have had the
same experience but usually my rims wear out before that occurs. Rims with stainless eyelets (rare
today) do not have this problem. Oil is, as you discovered, a temporary fix. There may be a
substance that helps in the long run but I don't know of any.

Jobst Brandt [email hidden] Palo Alto CA

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My rear wheel uses a 32 hole Open Pro rim. It started clicking with each revolution recently. A
friend suggested that the click was coming from the interface between the rim and the spoke nipple
and that I should just put a drop of oil on each of the nipples where they enetered the rim. This
rectified the problem for a few hundred miles but the problem came back this weekend.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

It's common. I find applying linseed oil keeps it quiet longer, since it leaves a nasty gummy
residue behind. You may get better results dripping it in the back with the rimstrip removed.

--Paul

I use WD40 and it has to be applied every hundred miles or so. Linseed oil didn't offer a longer fix
but did leave a messy residue.

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In article said:

My rear wheel uses a 32 hole Open Pro rim. It started clicking with each revolution recently. A
friend suggested that the click was coming from the interface between the rim and the spoke
nipple and that I should just put a drop of oil on each of the nipples where they enetered the
rim. This rectified the problem for a few hundred miles but the problem came back this weekend.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

It's common. I find applying linseed oil keeps it quiet longer, since it leaves a nasty gummy
residue behind. You may get better results dripping it in the back with the rimstrip removed.

--Paul

Donald Specker' may have said:

I use WD40 and it has to be applied every hundred miles or so. Linseed oil didn't offer a longer
fix but did leave a messy residue.

I'd try using a synthetic motor oil or (wet) chain lube; thin it with a light solvent if necessary
to get it to penetrate the nipple. WD40 is actually a poor lubricant.

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Mavic Open-Pro rim ferrules are often a source of noise.