5 MIN MAINTENANCE | Caster Fork Bearing Replacement
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- SQUEAKY CASTERS???!! Check out this week’s 5-minute wheelchair maintenance video on how to change the bearings on your caster forks!
Tools used:
¾ in Socket
Hammer
Philips Screwdriver
Ratchet Driver
Rag
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Bike shops have various bearing pullers. I have found my local bike shop extremely helpful. I just ring them first for a good time to come in and pay them for their time.
No worries on damage when popping them out. However, I use a small piece of wood to tap on when putting in the new bearings. Makes it easier to go in straight and avoid hitting the new bearing directly with the hammer.
I had to do this on my Tilight as the caster froze up. It isn't open on the top and the bearings stack inside on top of each other and can only be taken out on one side. You need a Snap ring pliers, which I had to get from a neighbor on 3 wheels in my chair! The socket trick to hit them down into place helped a lot but I honestly won't do this again unless I have to or have a spare wheelchair. Took me about 3 hours lol- maybe hit up the local bike shop idk.
good info video! been a T7-8 para +32 years. a suggestion for first timers, take pictures of the existing so you don't have to rely on memory as to how parts fit.
Amen to that! i'd be lying if I said I've never taken something apart on my chair and forgot how it goes back together haha
Great video!! However, I use WD40 and a green brillo pad in stead of steel-wool. Then I wipe off all of the oily rust with a clean rag, then follow up with a squirt of dry soultone spray. It seems to work very well. Let me know your thoughts on it..
I use the brillo pad too sometimes, depends on what i have and how impatient im being 🤣
Love your Repairs Bro! working on this myself your videos really helpful.
i'm glad you like them! I know we've been saying we're getting back to it for like a year, but I promise im telling the truth this time haha... more to come soon!
Use an old mechanic’s trick: when installing new bearings lay the old ones over the new ones and hit on the lld ones. You can pry it out after as it will sit proud of the lip.
Just a quick suggestion. Put the chair frame on the floor then when you are hammering the get the bearing out it should come easier than you resting it on your lap or leg type of thing.
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I find a cheap wire brush is more effective than steel wool but either way, gets the job done. The heat gun is a nice trick. I'm over here like a cave man bone-headed trying to bang the bearings out.
I feel like a total dumbass. >_<
My poor wheelchair guy spent like 2 hours trying to bang that freaking bearing into my frame. Both of us are going to feel real salty when I tell him about this trick. LOL
FWIW I'm in the process of 3D designing and 3D printing parts like the side panels / tire guards. $125 for a pair + shipping + tax seems like a raw deal. I can probably 3D print a replacement set for about $30 bucks, probably less. Fun times.
Hope I don't get sued >_
I was also curious if you have heard of wheelchair bearings or disability lab . Great friends of mine who sell some pretty great tools for everything you just did!
I have a Helio A7 , what tools do you recommend to remove my squeaky bearings ?
I was pushing my father in a wheelchair in RI zoo and the bearing went. Its been over three weeks now and the insurance company said they would give him a new chair but the MD is too slow to write the script. i should of just replaced the bearing like this video did to keep him up and running. i took the chair for repair at the wheel chair selling place. He started to take out the inner housing of the caster fork. I told him to stop and took the chair home. The inner housing doesnt come out. It provides the frame for the wheel bearing to sit on. He works on the chairs yet doesnt know that. Anyway, he took off the top nut and I didnt get that back. Is the top nut just a standard nut? Also, will wheelbearings from hardware store be good enough?
Generally I've found it very hard to find the right size bearings for a chair at your local hardware store. As for the nut ,that may be easier to find, you could probably just take the one from the other side to the hardware store and see if they have that size.
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Sadly, I must wait for the MD to get off her ass and fill the script for insurance because I tried to get the old bearing race off the shaft where the nuts go. Its bonded/rusted on there real good. I heated it up with torch and used vice gripes but no dice. :(
@@Romulan112 I feel your pain on that 😣
Hey man I just saw this video. I am terrible at wheelchair maintenance and usually have someone else do it professionally. I would love to be able to do it on my own though. I have a TiLite is it the same? My casters aren’t open on top like yours
No TiLite is in fact different and I haven't worked on them too much because I've never owned one but I'm in the process of ordering my very first TiLite!!
Can you highlight if the pride power chair jazzy Evo 613 li are the same procedure I'm from Guyana
I got a zra Tlite and it is very hard to do like that with a screw driver so is there a tool to use to pull out the first bearing? Thanks mate.
Do you know What size bearings you used. I’m trying to replace some on some quickies and a couple rugby chairs for my schools adaptive program.
Hi there. Thankyou for this video. I have a performax as well. Im trying to put my new forks from my new chair into my old frame. On the new chair, the forks came right out easily with the ratchet. But the older chair thst I want to use, when I removed the top bolt nothing happened. The forks will not come out. Do you know why? Have they cha get how the chairs are made? Its been quite a few years since I got this older chair? I thought it woukd be an easy job when the new forks came right off the new chair.... and then I got to the old chair and can't figure out how to remove it? Any help would be highly appreciated!
theres a chance they might just be stuck due to corrosion you might have to coax them out a bit with a mallet but try maybe spraying them with som wd40 first?
First off what bearings do you use?
Great video! My only question if you can tell me, are all the bearing for these manual chairs the same size? Thank so much!
Hey Allan sorry for the delay in getting back to you! GENERALLY speaking there is a standard size, but there are always those oddballs unfortunately but I believe for caster forks the "normal size" is 1-1/8" outer diameter, 5/16" thick, 1/2" inner diameter.
@@AdaptedAdventures Thank you veru much.
I’m replacing all the front wheel bearings and fork bearings on some old school quickie sports chairs and some rugby would you know what sizes those are?
i don't know for sure by try sportaid.com they have most general sizes
My wheelchair is a TiLite ZR1, I have a problem removing the caster bearing. I don't wanna use a screwdriver because it damages the inner stopper or separator between the two bearings. Is there any bearing puller that I can buy online? Please response. Thank you.
Wondering the same thing
I have a Invacare A4. My caster fork fell out. Can I fix it or do I have to get a new chair
Chad I'm sure if you are able to get the right parts you can fix that no need to get a whole new chair.. do you know why it fell out? did you lose the top nut that holds it in place? or did the bearings rust out?
Do you know what size bearings are needed to change fork tube bearings on a ACTION A 4 wheelchair
Good Morning! I THINK, i found the right one for the A4.. it should be a bearing with an inside diameter of 1/2 inch and and outside diameter of 1 1/8 inch. Hope that helps
Been a quad for 24 years C5 C6, still living alone and do pretty good but my hands don't grip a hammer hard enough to get them bearings out of the fork tube.
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There have been times where I haven't been able to get them out either haha 😜
@@AdaptedAdventures They'll be out in a jif I have some velcro and zip ties on order.
@@dixirkt nice! have you ever tried the hair dryer trick?
@@AdaptedAdventures gonna give it a shot when I can put the meat on em. Does it really work?
What size bearings do you need, how do we know what size to get?
Hey thanks for the question. There are a couple of different ways. 1st depending on the manufacturer of your chair you can sometimes find parts lists online if you google your make and model. 2nd option is if you are able to measure the inside diameter and outside diameter of the bearing than you can do it that way as well.. The most common caster fork bearings have an inside diameter of 1/2 inch and and outside diameter of 1 1/8 inch
@@AdaptedAdventures thank you so much very helpful
Hi friend! What inches are those blue frog legs?
Hey Alfredo, I actually don't have frog legs on this chair, but I think the caster forks are 3.5 inches
@@AdaptedAdventures Thanks for answering!!! And your front wheels are 3 or 4 inches?
Good video! But i have a Joker Progeo and i can't remove the bearings!? :(
I live in italy and looking for video tutorial! Help me! PLZ!
Oh I’d be interested to know if you found a solution as I’ve been looking into getting a progeo.
use a punch, no need in destroying a screw driver.. and the "ratchet head" is called a socket
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Hello my I ask you hlw heavy where you didnthis video im asking cause im like 300 iam I to heavy for that type of wheelchair?
About 220 lbs