Thread Number: 40248  /  Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Royal upright wheels.
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Post# 427313   6/19/2020 at 14:31 (1,405 days old) by 672MACK (Sandusky)        

I can't say that I'm impressed, with the wheels on a Royal aluminum upright. I'm presently working out the details, to use 61mm skateboard wheels. Curious, if anyone else has tried this?

Post# 427315 , Reply# 1   6/19/2020 at 14:37 (1,405 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)        
No

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I have thought about it. The issue is the width and the diameter of the center.
If those check out do it.
Les


Post# 427389 , Reply# 2   6/20/2020 at 09:14 (1,404 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA)        

This was talked about yrs ago in here....I thought then it was feasible to use if they fit. The bearings used in skateboard wheels are notoriously good quality as well.

Kevin


Post# 427398 , Reply# 3   6/20/2020 at 11:29 (1,404 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Amazing to have such cheap wheels on such

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an expensive cleaner. They were thought to be so solid.
And, now they are no longer made. :(


Post# 427410 , Reply# 4   6/20/2020 at 13:35 (1,404 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)        
Royal

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The wheels on royals are better than Kirby's, Hoover's, eureka's, and pretty much every upright. If you have the royal wider wheels anything short of picking vacuum up and throwing it onto concrete there not going to chip.
Im going to assume you mean narrow wheels. There average.
Les


Post# 427417 , Reply# 5   6/20/2020 at 14:07 (1,404 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Those vacs looked to be sturdy

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Some of the last of the metal monsters.

Post# 427418 , Reply# 6   6/20/2020 at 14:13 (1,404 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA)        

"Better" is a relative term. There was a member in here that posted his Royal sat in a car with a window down and rain water disintegrated his wheels. With plastic or phenolic resin, that would have been impossible.

So what they were made of, I haven't a clue. You've got those big skateboards...I forget what they're called, but they have wide wheels.

Kevin


Post# 427419 , Reply# 7   6/20/2020 at 14:14 (1,404 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Well,

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you can't believe everything you hear...... right?
I mean................ right?


Post# 427421 , Reply# 8   6/20/2020 at 14:21 (1,404 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA)        
Sure.......

but you're asking me to consider another member completely fabricated a story. Maybe there was more involved, maybe not.

But one thing for sure, my Royals are never going through or near a water puddle or wet conditions.....lol!

Kevin



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