Luke
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Aug 23, 2003
- Location
- Nevada,Iowa
My tool box weighs around 1500lb’s + and get’s around 100 yards of travel every day. It’s a Snap-On KR1003 w/an add on that I’ve had for nearly 15 years. In its early life it had the luxury of just sitting there like it was in an Auto Garage.
Now that this thing moves all the time I’ve developed a problem with the casters –the axles and needle bearings are wore out and it’s getting harder to move around.
These are 6” Faultless spring loaded casters that have needle bearing axles. About a year ago I replaced the wheels with a nice hard phenolic to reduce the rolling resistance and this helped.
I’d like to take the wheels and bore them out to retro-fit them with tapered roller bearings. A problem that I think I may run into is keeping the right amount of load –or setting the load on the assembly. Any thoughts? Or should I simply go with a pair of sealed roller bearings.
I’ve been looking at the price of casters and looking at eBay, but I think the most inexpensive route will be modifying. The cushion of the spring is nice when moving this thing. I’ve worked with guys who had standard fixed casters and the frames on their boxes developed cracks.
Luke
Now that this thing moves all the time I’ve developed a problem with the casters –the axles and needle bearings are wore out and it’s getting harder to move around.
These are 6” Faultless spring loaded casters that have needle bearing axles. About a year ago I replaced the wheels with a nice hard phenolic to reduce the rolling resistance and this helped.
I’d like to take the wheels and bore them out to retro-fit them with tapered roller bearings. A problem that I think I may run into is keeping the right amount of load –or setting the load on the assembly. Any thoughts? Or should I simply go with a pair of sealed roller bearings.
I’ve been looking at the price of casters and looking at eBay, but I think the most inexpensive route will be modifying. The cushion of the spring is nice when moving this thing. I’ve worked with guys who had standard fixed casters and the frames on their boxes developed cracks.
Luke