bWell, I just learned something new here. ?This is a nut with a dome on one end, so maybe "castle nut" is in fact the wrong term for it. I'll try taking the washer out first and see how it goes.
Thanks. Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Yearns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008 11:47 am Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Greasing the wheels or not > A castle nut I think that is the same as what I was taught a > castellated nut commonly used on the front wheels of older rear > wheel drive cars.. It allowed very precise adjustment on the > wheel bearing and still allowed the cotter key to be inserted > through the castle cut outs.to lock the nut in place. This nut was > thicker than most with the upper maybe quarter of an inch slotted > around the top, looking a lot like the top of castle turrets. > Ron > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Leavens > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 9:11 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Greasing the wheels or not > > > I am not sure what you mean by a castle nut. There is the sort > with a closed dome on top which is intended to be turned right > down tight. In that case you will want to shorten the spacer or > maybe remove a washer if there is one to remove. > > If it is the sort of nut with an open end it will probably have > a nylon insert stuffed into the end which the threads cut into. > this keeps the nut from spinning off since the spin will be on the > washer inside the nut and outside the wheel. > > Maybe you have a cement block or a bucket you can turn over and > slip under the one front axel to raise the side up enough to spin > the wheel. Not too high so you risk it falling and hurting > yourself. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: William Stephan > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 9:55 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Greasing the wheels or not > > Dale:\ > > It only weighs about 85 pounds, but I can't really spin the > wheel(s) if it's > sitting on them. The nut looks like a castle nut. If it stops > raining any > time soon I'm going to pull one off and look at it more closely. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 17:51 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Greasing the wheels or not > > Good God! > > How much does this little wagon weight that you would need a jack? > > When you say a lock nut is it the sort with a capped end or is > the end open > (with a plastic insert) in the open end? > > If the latter then just back it off a half turn or less, it > won't spin off, > particularly if there is a washer between it and the wheel. > > If only the front wheels aren't turning then leave the others alone. > > Get them turning fairly easily before lubricating though, > lubrication isn't > a substitute for appropriate adjustment. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:wstephan%40everestkc.net> net > To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 5:39 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Greasing the wheels or not > > Dale: > The instructions refer to the nut as a lock nut, but they say to > tighten it > down. The spacers are just short pieces of tubing or pipe, and > I'm thinking > about maybe grinding them down a hair. All the wheels are > attached in the > same fashion. I don't really have a jack, so I was hoping I > wouldn't have to > take all four wheels off and look at the spacers, but I might > have to do > that especially if I chicken out on the grinding. I guess too, > that I could > back the nuts off a half turn or so after putting some glue on > the threads > to keep them from vibrating off, does that sound like a good ide? > Thanks for any more thoughts. > > Bill Stephan > Kansas Citty MO > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:wstephan%40everestkc.net> net > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Leavens <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:dleavens%40puc.net> net> > Date: Monday, September 1, 2008 7:20 pm > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Greasing the wheels or not > > Hi, > > > > Is this one of those self locking nuts that holds the wheel in > > place? The sort with a nylon bushing inside to keep it from > > spinning off? > > > > You probably need to back them off a half turn. > > > > Are the rear wheels held on differently to the front ones? You > > might get a hint from that. > > > > I am guessing that the wheels have a nylon or other high > density > > poly bushing style bearing. If so you probably don't want a > > petroleum based lubricant, maybe graphite or Teflon, something > dry > > not to attract dust to behave as an abrasive. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: William Stephan > > To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 7:19 PM > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Greasing the wheels or not > > > > > > Well, by way of background: > > > > I finally bought myself a light-duty table saw from the lads > at > > Harbor Freight. It's light enough that I can move it around > > relatively easily, > > though I'm sure it's not the most accurate thing available. > > > > And, since I've done that, I needed to figure out how to get > the > > lumber to > > cut with the saw. > > > > One of the folks on this list (I won't embarrase him), has > this > > same problem > > of how to haul stuff, and while we were at convention, he > pretty > > well convinced me that a large garden cart was a very > necessary > > thing. > > My wife green-lighted both purchases, and I was able to > scrounge > > a ride > > with a coworker with a really souped up, refrigerator white El > > Camino over > > to the local Home Depot, during a pretty wild thunderstorm, > and > > picked up > > the cart, in a box of course. > > > > I opened the carton on Saturday and looked over what I had. I > > understood some of it, but not enough to put the thing > together > > with even a prayer that > > it would be right. I scanned the instruction sheet/manual, > which > > was really > > special because Spanish and English were commingled in the > text. > > > > Still no dyse. So, I bribed the fellow who does our book > keeping > > and is an > > occasional reader to come over on Sunday and spend about three > > hours in the > > blazing sun putting the thing together. Even with him looking > at the > > diagram and reading the instructions, it was far far from > > intuitive, for me > > anyway. Maybe if I had seen one of these assembled I could > have > > figured it > > out. > > > > The bottom line now though is that the front wheels, while > they > > do turn, are > > not really what I'd call free. There don't seem to be bearings > > in the > > wheels, and they are affixed to the axel in front of a spacer > > and with a > > wassier and nut to hold the assembly together. I don't know > > whether to > > grind off the ends of the spacers a little bit, grease the > whole > > set-up, or > > just wait and see if things get better with a little use. Any > > thoughts from > > some of you folks? > > > > If I should lubricate this, what would be a good product? > > > > BTW, it's a nice cart, measures 24 x 48 with foot-high sides > > that can be > > folded down. I even used it as a nice back-saving platform for > > grinding down the two dogs' nails today, so I think it was a > wise > > investment, even if > > it isn't rolling so good right yet. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
