Good fix for wheels?
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Have taken a strip of aluminum flashing material and made a bushing for the inside of the all plastic wheel. Roll it around the bolt to get it to size. Might need to ream out the bore a little bit, need lube every so often. A strip of brass might do it better if you have it.
Hello,
A better fix might be to use a sintered bronze bushing if the plastic wheel has enough meat to do so. I think better hardware store sell these bushings in various sizes.
Drill out the wheel and press in the bronze bushing.
Regards
Jeff
A better fix might be to use a sintered bronze bushing if the plastic wheel has enough meat to do so. I think better hardware store sell these bushings in various sizes.
Drill out the wheel and press in the bronze bushing.
Regards
Jeff
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Here are some photos of this method I submitted in a post from 8/17. The wheel hole was drilled out with a 5/8 inch bit.
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I bored out the wheels on my old 22" MTD, & pressed in some sleeves I had laying around.
The sleeves are made outta bronze. Still working good, I do pop off the wheels at service time & grease the axle bolts. It ain't rocket science..
The sleeves are made outta bronze. Still working good, I do pop off the wheels at service time & grease the axle bolts. It ain't rocket science..
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Folks,
My brother did a nice job of drilling out my four wheels to 5/8" (as mentioned above) and pressing in bronze bushings from True-Value. Nice and "true".
Rocky
My brother did a nice job of drilling out my four wheels to 5/8" (as mentioned above) and pressing in bronze bushings from True-Value. Nice and "true".
Rocky
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I'm assuming the felt-type spacers for these wheels are nothing available anymore?
Would a copper sleeve suffice vs bronze? I ask because I have various small pcs laying about that could be used as such.
I have one 19-in with these style wheels and they are in fact, wobbly and it bugs me. I had planned on looking into a cause and fix for the issue.
Would a copper sleeve suffice vs bronze? I ask because I have various small pcs laying about that could be used as such.
I have one 19-in with these style wheels and they are in fact, wobbly and it bugs me. I had planned on looking into a cause and fix for the issue.