Ksyrium SLS

I received a Ksyrium SLS (Shimano road wheel) from a customer as a repair job.
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Just the rear wheel.
The customer mentioned suspicion of spoke misalignment, and sure enough, it was off-center.
The rim had shifted slightly toward the freewheel side, and the spoke tension was slack overall, so
my plan was to tension the freewheel side beyond center, shift the rim temporarily toward the freewheel side,
then increase tension on the non-freewheel side until center alignment was achieved.
But the nipples and spokes started seizing up,
so I couldn't turn the nipples very much.
Because of that, the adjustment was more conservative than I'd hoped,
but even so, most of the adjustment was in the tightening direction, and
I managed to get it tight enough that the customer could tell me "it's tighter than before."
Sorry about that—if the nipples had turned smoothly, I would've liked to get it a bit tighter.

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The rotation feel of the freewheel body was clearly abnormal, so
unlike the R-SYS, it shouldn't require disassembly, but I took it apart anyway.
It was in the condition shown in the photos, so I cleaned it and applied oil.

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