Makes me wonder if under the lip of the eyelet - a crack in the rim hole has developed. That would result in the eyelet shifting with each stroke of the wheel causing a click. Have had several customers in the past who reported clicking sounds before the eventual - the eyelet ripping out of the rim.
If the eyelet rips out later...then it'll be a DOH! moment.
=8-)
Robert Shackelford San Jose, CA USA
Quoting kfhume@hotmail.com:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks to all of you who either sent or posted those valuable insights into
> wheel building with suggestions as to what might be the likely cause of my
> clicking spokes.
>
> I followed through on quite a few of the suggestions but today the clicking
> was getting worse so I thought that I would try some diagnostics. I inserted
>
> a match between each spoke crossover to eliminate any possible worn flat
> spot edge rubbing and then took the bike for a spin up a quiet street. The
> noise was much louder, more pronounced and regular happening once every
> wheel turn. I came home removed the wheel and then checked all the spoke
> nipples and found one that didn't appear to be as tight as the others though
>
> there did appear to be a good degree of tension in the spoke. I backed off
> the nipple (with some difficulty) and applied a little thin oil to the spoke
>
> thread and to the eyelet hole in the rim working the loose spoke about
> before re tightening the spoke. I then let the bike stand for a while and
> went for another ride. The clicking was initially inaudible but after a fw
> hundred yard I could eventually make out a feint tick but nothing that will
> annoy me further so this appears to be the source of the problem but why it
> happened is still a bit of a mystery to me. Perhaps the eylet has become
> worn allowing the nipple to move in its seat ?
>
> Regards
>
> Ken Hume
> London, England
>
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