One of my 682's was running badly the other day and I discovered that one of the rear driver wheels was loose. I put some medium Loktight on and let it set for a week. It was running fine again but I see the wheel is loose again. is there something out there instead of super glue that I can use to keep the wheel on or am I eventually going to have to replace the wheel with another one. Thanks in advance
Bruce
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Find a small tube of loctite Quick Metal. It will fill gaps to .020" and restore to a press fit.
Rod Miller
Thanks for the replys will head to home depot on monday and check them out
Stake the axle in about three places with the cutters on a pair of linesman pliers. The action will raise the knurl on the axle causing it to bite into the wheel better. That, along with loctite or epoxy should secure it.
I had a loose wheel on my 671, and used super glue. It held for several years until I had to pull it to replace the worm gear. I reglued it, and it's been fine for over 10 years.
What does loose mean?
Can you make it wobble?
Can you twist the wheel without the axle moving?
If the answer to either of these questions is yes, I have my doubts about Loctite working.
If the wheel will slide in and out on the axle, but not twist or wobble, I think the Loctite would work fine.
One has to be careful to clean away any grease or oil. I use mineral spirits. (make certain to let it dry)
If the engine was on my bench, I'd try some Loctite first. If that fix failed, I'd go for a new wheel. I'd likely order an axle too.
By the way, what did you use? In one place you wrote "Loktite" and in another "super glue".
CW
It just slides back and forth so I will again try loctite or one of the other items mentioned by other posters. If it doesnt work this time around I may go for another wheel. Wonder if I should let it set longer than 5 days to set up better
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