Reply With QuoteThere's an old saying, "a homeowner only needs two tools, WD-40 and duct tape". If it moves and isn't suppose to you use the duct tape. If it doesn't move and it's suppose to use WD-40.
Is there a fast cure all for rusty caster wheels. I was hoping to remove the assemblies from the base and perhaps soak them in something. I have had reasonably good experience using vinegar, but I'm betting some of you might suggest something else?
There's an old saying, "a homeowner only needs two tools, WD-40 and duct tape". If it moves and isn't suppose to you use the duct tape. If it doesn't move and it's suppose to use WD-40.
"The employment of the piano is forbidden in church, as is also that of noisy frivolous instruments such as drums, cymbals, bells and the like." St. Pius X
Or, to put it another way.......................
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Actually, I was thinking of removing them from the base of the organ and soaking them in something to get all the rust off. Then perhaps lubricating them. But, since they don't roll, perhaps I'll just wrap them in duck tape so they don't scratch the floor. Or, should I put the duck tape on the floor? Or.......? Meanwhile, I should known it would take a flow chart for a Limey to make a decision. Smile. Actually, I think I'll send it to our maintenance department. A crewmember recently wrote up a plane at an out station. The squak was that a squeeking noise could be heard when the first officer's yoke was moved aft. Since we were not a a company maintenace base, a local aircraft mechanic (engineer for you, Mark) was called. The noise appeared to come from where the base of the yoke hinge was permanently bolted to the deck. Company maintenance instructed the local mechanic to spray lubricant on the hinge mount, bolts, and deck. The local mechanic refused, telling the company "You don't lubricate non-moving parts!" DAH!
So, send me a few more flow charts. I'll forward them to our maintenance department. May help, if ever they learn to read!
Clearly they are moving parts or else they wouldn't squeak.
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The way cast iron rusts is by turning to fine powder. Steel rusts by scaling off. If the wheel is so rusted that it can't spin, the steel axle is to blame, not the iron wheel. Rust takes more room than the metal, so things can get impossibly tight when badly corroded.
Heat can loosen it up along with tapping from side to side. But maybe you need to grind off or drill out the axle to separate the assembly, then make a new axle.
Casey
Thanks Casey, there's an idea. I was hoping I might just dump the four of them into something that would majicly eat the rust away. I have used vinegar to clean up old screws, nuts and bolts, and so on. I have heard of old car affectionados soaking bigger parts in tubs of mollasses! I was thinking of something cheap. Perhaps a two liter bottle of Coke. Smile.
And, OK Joe, yes, clearly the non-moving parts had movement between them. That was why the local mechanic refused to mask that by applying lubricant. Ah, but that was part of the joke, was it Joe? Got ya!
Bill
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