A good thougyht, but they're all the same. Thanks. b Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (816)803-2469
----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008 8:03 pm Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Greasing the wheels or not > Are you sure that you have the wheels on the correct end? Don't > know if it makes the different, but you could give it a try. > Steve Stewart > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 12:14 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Greasing the wheels or not > > > 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] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
