Dished spokes?

[Peter_Tandem]

Hi
I have bought a front wheel kit from Pedalease.
I am slightly confused. When I mount the front wheel conversion between the front forks, the wheel/rim is not in the centre which is a problem for the brakes. See attached photographs.
The motor is not symmetric on either side of the wheel, so I would have expected the spokes to be dished to account for the offset. They aren't.
Am I missing something here? How do the other bike kits account for non-symmetric motors?
Thanks
Peter

 

[Cyclezee]

Hi Peter,

Quite clearly that wheel has not been dished.

It looks like all the spokes are the same length which is wrong, so the wheel needs to be re built with the correct length of spokes for each side.

Your first course of action should be to contact the supplier to give them a chance to rectify or replace the motor wheel.

 

[Alan Quay]

You might be able to dish it enough with current spokes, but I agree with above: it should really be in the middle from the supplier.

 

[Nealh]

It looks to be about 3mm out of centre so dishing shouldn't be a problem, the spokes should be long enough to accomplish this if Pedalease are unable to.
Dishing isn't hard to overcome simply loosen the spokes on motor cable side and tighten the opposite ones by the same amount try the wheel and repeat again if needed. You can decide on how much you loosen whether it be 1/4 ,1/2, 3/4 or 1 turn as long as each spoke is done the same on both sides.
Failing that a good bike shop shoud be able to centralise it for you.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

You don't need to dish it. As they're not suspension forks, you can just add a few washers on one side. If you're lucky, you can rearrange the bits you have, like put an anti-rotation washer on the outside on one side.

 

[Cyclezee]

My point is that the wheel should have been dished when it was supplied, the customer shouldn't have to.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

It's best not to dish the wheel if you don't have to because you get unequal tension in the spokes from one side to the other.