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Nipple advice please
Im currently refurbishing and rebuilding a set of wheels from a 1986 Muddy fox Courier, built with Araya 36h single wall aluminium non-eyeleted rims, Sansin hubs and rusty mild steel spokes. The front is currently de-laced and the parts polished up ready to rebuild. The new spokes are DT Swiss champion 2mm straight gauge.
The nipples from the original build were Japanese type (3.4mm). I've got DT Swiss brass euro type (3.25mm) to replace them with. Am I likely to have problems, i.e. the nipple fitting poorly in the rim? This is something I've never considered before as I've always built with modern euro components that play nicely together. The rim will not be as strong as a modern one so don't want to cause a premature failure.
If this is a problem, where do I source decent Japanese nipples?!