kmmcrafts Posted December 4 Report Share Posted December 4 Anyone know anything about the caster wheels with stems? LOL.. Broke a wheel on the front of my shop vac last spring and it rolled okay with just the one front wheel on the other side so i never looked into repairing it. Now the other side broke a couple weeks ago and I finally looked up the model of the vac to order a set of wheels only to find it's NLA. Obsolete. I came up with a part number and searched that but no luck finding them. I'm assuming they didn't make this wheel anything special and one should be able to order something somewhere by the wheel size and stem size but I so far am coming up empty. I know this vac is probably close to 15 - 20 years old.. Even if I could find a 2" tall wheel and drill out the stem bracket rivet and bolt the wheel in place.. my brackets are fine but the plastic wheel on one side broke in half and the one that just broke had worn the center out completely.. must have a couple hundred thousand miles on it.. I know I roll it around the shop a lot but wow.. the whole center is gone, LOL A 2" rubber wheel and using a bolt and nut through it for the axle would work.. but it's be nice just to order something that would pop right on too. Suppose I could make a wooden wheel LOL.. but worried about starting a fire as much as I must be rolling this thing around the shop, LOL. The part number for the wheel I am looking for is SV-6772200 It's a long shot but maybe someone here has info or experience with these caster wheels and knows a source. I did find a set of 4 at this place but reviews that I seen say not to order from here as they just take your money and you get nothing.. with all other sources being out of stock.. I'm guessing that'd be what would happen to me.. unless someone here really knows this place is a legit place I'm not ordering, LOL https://www.chicagoshopusa.com/4209296-Set-of-4-of-6772200-Shop-Vac-Caster_p_17558.html OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted December 4 Report Share Posted December 4 Looks like a standard caster wheel. Any home center could have them. Did you try HF? I bought a set from Home Depot years ago. probably not as cheap as that link. OCtoolguy and jollyred 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wichman Posted December 4 Report Share Posted December 4 https://www.harborfreight.com/material-handling/tires-casters/swivel-casters/2-in/2-in-clear-polyurethane-light-duty-swivel-caster-69536.html OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wichman Posted December 4 Report Share Posted December 4 At work I made new wheels for the shops wheeled garbage cans out of plywood, they outlasted the garbage cans. Also you could make a platform out of plywood, bolt the plywood to the shop vac and then the casters to the platform. OCtoolguy and Roberta Moreton 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted December 4 Report Share Posted December 4 Stem casters come in standard sizes. You only need to make sure you buy the correct size. If it were mine, I would replace all the casters with larger ball-bearing casters. I recently changed the casters on one of my chairs with these. They worked so much better than the factory castors that I went back and got wheels for all of my chairs. OCtoolguy and JTTHECLOCKMAN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted December 4 Report Share Posted December 4 Kevin, why not make a base for vac and add regular rollers, RJ OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted December 4 Author Report Share Posted December 4 Thanks everyone for your comments. I had to run some errands this morning and coming to a local hardware store I thought I'd swing in there real quick and see what they had.. $8 for a pair of them and they worked great.. I was worried about the stem length as mine that come of the vac seemed like they was pretty long compared to the ones I seen at the hardware but they worked great. @rjweb I want to do just that and put on some off-road tires so I can take it out in my driveway and vacuum the mudpuddles away.... No really those little tires in my gravel drive don't go very well and probably why they got torn up.. I like to vac the cars out and inside the shop it's hard to be able to see well enough with overhead lights so vacuuming out in the driveway just makes it easier.. Except it doesn't roll all that well.. so yeah I intend to make some sort of platform.. Come to think of it.. I have a old push mower that the motor crapped out on.. take the handle off it and mount the vac on top of the deck.. those bigger wheels would roll easier. I'm getting some real redneck hillbilly ideas now.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted December 4 Report Share Posted December 4 1 hour ago, kmmcrafts said: Thanks everyone for your comments. I had to run some errands this morning and coming to a local hardware store I thought I'd swing in there real quick and see what they had.. $8 for a pair of them and they worked great.. I was worried about the stem length as mine that come of the vac seemed like they was pretty long compared to the ones I seen at the hardware but they worked great. @rjweb I want to do just that and put on some off-road tires so I can take it out in my driveway and vacuum the mudpuddles away.... No really those little tires in my gravel drive don't go very well and probably why they got torn up.. I like to vac the cars out and inside the shop it's hard to be able to see well enough with overhead lights so vacuuming out in the driveway just makes it easier.. Except it doesn't roll all that well.. so yeah I intend to make some sort of platform.. Come to think of it.. I have a old push mower that the motor crapped out on.. take the handle off it and mount the vac on top of the deck.. those bigger wheels would roll easier. I'm getting some real redneck hillbilly ideas now.. If it works, it ain't temporary either. kmmcrafts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Moreton Posted December 8 Report Share Posted December 8 I am definitely considering finding an old push mower for a shop vac cart! OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustynail Posted December 10 Report Share Posted December 10 Horbor Freight $12.99 but they go on sale all the time for less BadBob and kmmcrafts 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted December 10 Author Report Share Posted December 10 forget they have these, I have a heavy duty metal one that I got at a shopping cart factory I worked at when I was a kid.. have my 5hp 60 gallon tank air compressor on it so I can spin it around to check the oil etc easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.