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I recently built a wheel but have managed to drop one of the nipples into the rim
Is there a trick to getting it removed?
I just shook mine like an idiot until they...yes, they fell out again.
Shake it, spin it, swear at it, repeat until nipple is out. Be warned - silence does NOT prove the nipple has fallen out without you noticing, and any such foolhardy notions will be met with the previously securely lodged nipple emitting revitalised tinkling sounds as soon as you've done something daft like adding tape, valve and tyre.
Shake it for as long as you possibly can. It doesn't matter how long this is, what matters is you have to do it for as long as possible, until you just absolutely give up in despair. When you put the wheel down in frustration ready to walk away it'll fall out effortlessly.
Shake it, shake, shake it, shake it, shake, shake it (uh oh)
Shake it, shake, shake it, shake it, shake it (uh oh)
Shake it like a Polaroid picture, hey ya!
Shake it, shake, shake it, shake it, shake, shake it
Shake it, shake it, shake it, sugar
Shake it like a Polaroid picture
Ok, I will shake it
Thanks
Hold the wheel with the valve hole down. Makes for a larger hole for it to come out of. Sometimes the loose nipple will get stuck on another one. Tapping helps dislodge.
Lots of swearing is my usual solution.
I dare you to ask this question on Reddit with no context.
I borrowed a wheel and broke a spoke. In replacing it impatiently I dropped a nipple into the rim. After 3 days trying, it just wouldn't come out, looking at the profiles of the rim bed it was against the laws of physics to drop through the valve hole. My solution was to shake it near the valve hole then squirt in some expanding foam to capture it and stop it rattling. I could have kept quiet but I did confess to the owner.
Read the title and winced. Must have a bloody awful crash I thought...
Shake it for hours, get thoroughly pissed off, swear abit then hand it to someone else for a go.
They ll shake it twice it will pop out as they say it wasn’t difficult.