Anyone had any problems with UST ENVE wheels regarding nipple corrosion ?
My wheels are just over 18months old and have never been ridden in water, i live in the driest state on the driest continent on earth (actually a fact) so its not even moisture and rain is not an issue either.
So approx at the 12-14 month mark i start hearing this rattling noise inside the "nipple chamber" on both wheels and think to myself its only some dirt thats got in there.
But its taped tubeless so nothing can escape into the wheels or stans escape out. The nipples seal the hole from the inside so no dirt can get in.
So then during a ride (November) i notice my front wheel is way out of true, when i get home i see that a spoke is loose but undamaged, i untape the wheel to see that all the nipples have a dusty white appearance (corroded), and 3 of them are nearly disintegrated but theres so little left of them i cant even get them off without cutting a perfectly good spoke.
The rattling noise was shards of alu from the sides of the nipples and obviously the disintegrated one from the loose spoke that is nowhere to be seen. The shards looked to be stuck together in little balls as if they had picked up some of the sticky glue from the Gorilla tape that is sticky side down on the underside of the spoke access hole.
Has some stans fluid possibly escaped into the "nipple chamber" and done this ?
Gorilla tape IMO is crap so wont be using it again.
Back wheel i stripped tonight has also 4 nipples in advanced state of corrosion. Cant do much about it as i dont have replacement Sapim CX ray spokes to replace the ones i would have to cut. I have replacement nipples but cant get a nipple driver to grab a corroded nipple
So ive rinsed the chamber out on both wheels and will retape them with Stans tape tomorrow.
Is there any fluid i could put in there to help reduce corrosion that WOULDNT damage the carbon fibre.
I have no idea if this is an ENVE wheel design problem, nipple issue or what.
My wheels are just over 18months old and have never been ridden in water, i live in the driest state on the driest continent on earth (actually a fact) so its not even moisture and rain is not an issue either.
So approx at the 12-14 month mark i start hearing this rattling noise inside the "nipple chamber" on both wheels and think to myself its only some dirt thats got in there.
But its taped tubeless so nothing can escape into the wheels or stans escape out. The nipples seal the hole from the inside so no dirt can get in.
So then during a ride (November) i notice my front wheel is way out of true, when i get home i see that a spoke is loose but undamaged, i untape the wheel to see that all the nipples have a dusty white appearance (corroded), and 3 of them are nearly disintegrated but theres so little left of them i cant even get them off without cutting a perfectly good spoke.
The rattling noise was shards of alu from the sides of the nipples and obviously the disintegrated one from the loose spoke that is nowhere to be seen. The shards looked to be stuck together in little balls as if they had picked up some of the sticky glue from the Gorilla tape that is sticky side down on the underside of the spoke access hole.
Has some stans fluid possibly escaped into the "nipple chamber" and done this ?
Gorilla tape IMO is crap so wont be using it again.
Back wheel i stripped tonight has also 4 nipples in advanced state of corrosion. Cant do much about it as i dont have replacement Sapim CX ray spokes to replace the ones i would have to cut. I have replacement nipples but cant get a nipple driver to grab a corroded nipple
So ive rinsed the chamber out on both wheels and will retape them with Stans tape tomorrow.
Is there any fluid i could put in there to help reduce corrosion that WOULDNT damage the carbon fibre.
I have no idea if this is an ENVE wheel design problem, nipple issue or what.