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I believe the frozen castor is a common problem, esp.
when they've been sitting unused out in the rain (like mine was). Being too
cheap to but new ones, I resurrected mine. It wan't too bad. I beat the old
ones apart, ground down the mushroomed end (from smacking it), and wire brushed
it. The old shaft was pitted, but we're talking about .0001 RPM for the caster
swivel, so I think that's ok. The odd thing (at least on the cast parts) is the
nylon bushing is an odd size. I forget the exact dimensions, but I think the
swivel itself is like 3/4" which is good, but the bore in the casting was odd,
like .980. A standard bushing would be 3/4" ID and 1" OD so I just drilled
the casting out to 1". Bushings were less than a buck each I think. I used new
SS bolts in the wheels and slathered every moving part with Never-Seize. Works
like a champ now.
SteveS
E12S
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Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:13
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Subject: RE: (ET) Shock repair
follow-up
My
deck has the smaller diameter single roller in the front as well as the larger
caster wheels in the front and the long roller in the back. The kicker
is that the larger casters had the swivel shaft rust solid - so they don't
exactly swivel... I had to cut off the old wheels and "forks" and buy
some swivel caster to bolt onto the plates left - it works, but is a bit of a
kludge - probably time to call Bill Gunn and fix it
right...
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joe
Joseph Rock
E-15
& MagnaTrac Hydro 5000 in Colorado
Well good to know, the tilt up does occur to others. My
rear rollers are pretty worn, so that may be contributing to the problem.
Mine has the cast aluminum casters and they are nice. It looks like I also
had a front roller but it broke off (or was 'removed') at some
point.
SteveS
E12S
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Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 9:22
AM
Subject: RE: (ET) Shock repair
follow-up
I have
seen one mount at the deck pull right through (decks tend to get rusty;
you can make a sheet metal brace) and then the other side BEND at the weld
without breaking.
The
deck does indeed tip up easily. I have thought about putting a light
chain on the bottom and snapping it to the frame, but my real suspicion is
that the problem is the back roller is either too small in diameter or
doesn't extend all the way to the end. I have noticed it usually
catches near the outside edge.
As far
as the front casters; I have seen 3 different designs. The most
interesting (to me) was an die-cast-aluminum design that weighed a lot
less. Easier on the lift I suppose. In addition, two of the
decks I have owned had a FRONT roller as well as the back one; 3 did
not. The front roller is about 6" wide and mounted dead-center in
front. These are the decks I kept as they don't
dig-in.
Larry
Elie
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