A customer brought in the front wheel of a ロヴァール (Rovalé) CLX 50 for work.
The image above shows the wheel after work.
For tubeless tires, you can either pressurize without sealant,
lift the tire, remove the valve core, and inject sealant with a syringe,
or pour sealant into the tire when installing it.
Since the tire that came with the wheel still had sealant on it,
I went with the latter method this time.
In that case, I lightly lift the tire with a compressor,
and from the point where a floor pump might lift it further,
I do the final pressurization outside the shop.
When the tire seats with a loud pop,
the sealant can scatter more than expected.
The anodizing on the edge of the hub shell near the right end cap is peeling.
The customer brought in this front wheel for bearing replacement,
but it appears there was a time when the hub shaft was so eccentric
from internal bearing wear that they kept using it,
and the right end cap rubbed against the hub shell at that time,
wearing away the anodizing.
The bearings when we received it weren't damaged that badly,
so the eccentricity must have occurred with an earlier set of bearings.
I replaced the bearings on both sides.
The bearings when we received it had metal seals,
so it's clear they were different from the original bearings that came with the wheel.
After replacing the bearings,
the temporary center was
with the rim offset to the left by about this much.
There was barely any run-out.
I did fine run-out truing and centered the wheel.
The image above shows the wheel after work.
For tubeless tires, you can either pressurize without sealant,
lift the tire, remove the valve core, and inject sealant with a syringe,
or pour sealant into the tire when installing it.
Since the tire that came with the wheel still had sealant on it,
I went with the latter method this time.
In that case, I lightly lift the tire with a compressor,
and from the point where a floor pump might lift it further,
I do the final pressurization outside the shop.
When the tire seats with a loud pop,
the sealant can scatter more than expected.
The anodizing on the edge of the hub shell near the right end cap is peeling.
The customer brought in this front wheel for bearing replacement,
but it appears there was a time when the hub shaft was so eccentric
from internal bearing wear that they kept using it,
and the right end cap rubbed against the hub shell at that time,
wearing away the anodizing.
The bearings when we received it weren't damaged that badly,
so the eccentricity must have occurred with an earlier set of bearings.
I replaced the bearings on both sides.
The bearings when we received it had metal seals,
so it's clear they were different from the original bearings that came with the wheel.
After replacing the bearings,
the temporary center was
with the rim offset to the left by about this much.
There was barely any run-out.
I did fine run-out truing and centered the wheel.