Happy new year Victor, I have doors similar to those you've described. I've taken them down, and discovered that the edges of the wheels had accumulated that hardened goop that accumulates in showers. I cleaned them up with detergent and a scrubby sponge. Make sure you take note of which mounting hole they came from, or your doors will not set level.
Good luck Geoff ----- Original Message ----- From: Victor Gouveia To: Blind Handyman Listserv Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 9:05 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Greasing the Wheels of Life Hi All, I have probably gotten these questions answered in the past, but I'll be damned if I can find it in the archives or the hundreds of messages I've managed to keep in the years I've been on the list. Anyway, my problems are my shower doors. These are the kind that hang off of a rail at the top of the bathtub enclosure, and use a rail at the bottom to guide the doors in place. The bottom portions of the doors do not have wheels, only the top of the doors where they hang off of a lip that curves under the wheels. Lately the doors have become juttery, for lack of a better term. In layman's terms, they don't slide smoothly across the rail as they once did. Now they travel across the rail in a halting motion, as if the wheels were jamming. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear the wheels had gotten deformed or something and were no longer round. I don't think this has happened, but I really haven't had the time to go in there and mess around with the doors yet. First question is can I grease these little monkeys? The next question is what should I use to grease said monkeys. Should I use WD40, silicone spray, or a powder grease I've heard mentioned on the list before? I just remember Phil's horror story of using WD40 on his patio sliding doors and how bad they got in stead of getting better. Oops, I'm sorry, I almost forgot, they started off alright after he lubed them, but steadily got worse as time progressed...Well, I just don't want these happening to my shower doors. They can be relatively expensive to replace, and I don't want to have to do that.. The last question I have is if the wheels can't return to their normal running ability, can they be replaced? Like I said, I haven't gone into the wells to feel around in there, so I thought I'd ask the experts first and save me the trouble. I'm really lazy that way, or, as my ex-psychologist/therapist used to say, you're not lazy, you're just low on energy...Yeah right, who was she trying to kid...smile. Anyway, thanks for the help. Victor Gouveia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
