Are the axles too big or too small?



How are the wheels held on? Key with a bolt? Snap ring through a hole?

 

Are they leaking? With plastic rims, I always put tubes in. After that, no problem.

 

Have not removed them yet, not leaking but seem loose on the rather short axles, they kind of droop for a better way to put it, both angle with the weight of the blower on them no pic of the wheels angled but this is the blower.

 

I've got a couple of those units, smaller version. The axle only protrudes into the wheels about half the width of the wheel hub. So the wheel hub gets hogged out and "droops". A conventional wheel will have no way to attach on the short axle, The plastic wheels are held on by a 1/4" (?) bolt across the diameter of the shaft. Conventional wheels are pinned on the outside of the hub. I haven't found a quick EZ replacement yet... but now I have a few of those units, so I'll hafta devise something.... Like a longer axle. And parts machines of that vintage all seem to have the same wear...... on the units I've seen.

GLuck, Jay

 

HMM may have to see what other axles fit, Have a 520 for parts but that one has 4" rims and not sure if they are pinned on the outside or bolted on the inside. Will have to see.