At least I have this on good authority from a friend who once ventured into Castle Point teritory and lived to tell the tale
But of course in Southend we naturally have highly superior wheelie bins with a choice of Team Dynamics or Minilites.
I've just taken charge of a property with a wheelie bin, however someone has removed the wheels from the bin, no idea why, I have the wheels
attached to the axle as a complete unit. The wheelie bin just has 2 holes thro' it so you obviously need to take a wheel off the axle to push the
axle thro' then replace the wheel - simples!
Except I cannot see how you get the wheels off the axle! They are a plastic wheel with a rubber solid tyre, the axle feels like a hollow steel tube,
the wheels will move in & out slightly on the axle, but there doesn't appear to be any form of circlip, retainer, popper pin or whatever, I
did try the "if in doubt give it a clout" method in case they were attached by a compressible circlip a bit like some CV joints (tho'
that seemed a bit OTT for something so simple), but if I hit it any harder I'll break the wheel!
Looking at the outside of the wheel there are 2 cylindrical shapes moulded into the wheel running from near the centre towards the outer edge of the
wheel which look as tho' they could have some form of retractable pin within them, but can't see any way to access it if that's the
case.
I'm hoping someone has had cause to remove some wheelie bin wheels b4 & can tell me how, because otherwise they will be receiving some major
surgery!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxnJH9kUlbk
There is a lever in a small depression on the face of the wheel which i think releases a circlip and allows the wheel to be removed from the shaft.
At least I have this on good authority from a friend who once ventured into Castle Point teritory and lived to tell the tale
But of course in Southend we naturally have highly superior wheelie bins with a choice of Team Dynamics or Minilites.
Cut a hole in the side near the base of the wheelie bin and put it in your garden as a sturdy compost bin. Phone the council up and tell them your
bin has gone missing. And it went missing on bin day. The council will assume the bin fell in the dustbin lorry when it was being emptied (happens
all the time) and got mangled. Then a new bin will be delivered.
This is what I did with my bin and local county council. Your county council might be different.
Phone the council, they will swap out for a new one in a few days and recycle it.
Someone else suggested just ring the council, but I still want to know how they are fitted!
They're not the same as the ones in the YouTube video, but I'll see if I can find this depression in the centre of the wheel, what
frustrates me is that someone obviously knew how to do it as the wheels & axle are there with the bin & undamaged!
Sounds like great way to wind your neighbour up
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Originally posted by russbost
someone obviously knew how to do it as the wheels & axle are there with the bin & undamaged!
Well, I got the wheel off, iin case anyone else ever needs to:-
It's not sissimilar to what's shown in the youtube link, tho' the wheels look completely different; if you look at the outside of the
wheel, where the 2 cylindrical sections are that run like spokes away from the centre, there is a small indentation near the centre of the wheel on
one of them, I just whacked a centre punch thro the indentation & hey presto wheel comes off, & can be refitted & remove centre punch to
re-engage pin!
What I can't work out is how they got the wheels off without punching a hole in either wheel, unless the wheels were never fitted - very
strange!!!
Thanx for the info guys!