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Just a suggestion for those worried about snagging yourself on the ends of the cut safety wire..............
The accepted aircraft mechanic and race bike mechanic method is to grip the ends of the cut and twisted wire and turn it back on itself in a small loop to the inside. This would leave the ends turned in and only a smooth loop to worry about. No snags. The tapered ends of the safety wire pliers help make this work.
I think the method of twisting the wire from the wheel side to make the ends less visible is the wrong way. You have to pull and twist to make the wire tight and that's much easier to do correctly when pulling from the spinner. I also favor drilling a hole in your wheel instead of encircling a spoke. That way you can properly chamfer the hole and prevent the harder stainless wire from gouging the softer aluminum wheel spoke.
The Cobra Country description is right on about the correct tightness of the twist. 6 turns per inch would be fine for our use with the .032 SS wire.
Paul
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