Thread Number: 7101
Electrolux model "E" through "L" wheel replacement. |
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Post# 78476 , Reply# 2   8/15/2009 at 21:46 (5,359 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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I grind off just enough to allow the washer to slip off the shaft. |
Post# 78478 , Reply# 4   8/15/2009 at 21:50 (5,359 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Then I drill down inside the axle about 3/8Th's of an inch with a 1/8 inch bit. |
Post# 78480 , Reply# 6   8/15/2009 at 21:57 (5,359 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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And there you have it. Newly installed wheels that sorta look like original factory installation. |
Post# 78482 , Reply# 8   8/15/2009 at 22:00 (5,359 days old) by luxg ()   |   | |
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So sorry about that but you know me, I just had to jump in there!!LOL You are right, they do look like brand new factory intalled wheels. |
Post# 78483 , Reply# 9   8/15/2009 at 22:04 (5,359 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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We also repaired all of the wiring of a GE swivel-top that just, well - wore out. We had fun playing with the WestySig. What an interesting machine! |
Post# 78485 , Reply# 10   8/15/2009 at 22:07 (5,359 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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The "hub cap" on one end of the machine un-clips, exposing the blower port. When the cap is in place, exhaust air is diffused around the perimeter of the 11" wheel! Here it is with the hose attached. |
Post# 78486 , Reply# 11   8/15/2009 at 22:11 (5,359 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Then we ate a Lasagna dinner, and spent the rest of the evening looking at old vacuum magazine ads, vacuum manuals, and watched a video Toby had recorded a few years ago. We all enjoyed Toby's visit so much. It was a pleasure. |
Post# 78487 , Reply# 12   8/15/2009 at 22:12 (5,359 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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As usual, No Terry Lattz's were harmed in the making of this photo-play. yet. Thanks Toby!!! BTW I am one model 200 Filter Queen richer now too!!! |
Post# 78489 , Reply# 13   8/15/2009 at 22:30 (5,358 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Excellent Methodology and Tutorial, as always, Rick. Should I ever have to do that, I'll do it your oh-so-neat way. So the Westy-Sig is a Roll-Easy 'breadbox' with fins and a luggage bin and wheelie bars out back. :-) very cool machine. Really want to see more pictures all around and inside the Westy-Sig, Toby. |
Post# 78490 , Reply# 14   8/15/2009 at 23:02 (5,358 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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Here's a couple more pics of the Westysig. Bag compartment. |
Post# 78492 , Reply# 16   8/15/2009 at 23:10 (5,358 days old) by crevicetool (GA )   |   | |
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An unusual hose coupling. When you pull that slip ring, it retracts a lock. Sorta like an incline within the ring. Works very well. |
Post# 78495 , Reply# 18   8/15/2009 at 23:34 (5,358 days old) by hoovercelebrity (Germany)   |   | |
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Isn't a "Signature" a Montgomery Ward's cleaner, not Westinghouse? ((Although it was probably private labeled by Westinghouse)) |
Post# 79930 , Reply# 20   9/3/2009 at 21:45 (5,340 days old) by thevacuumman (Borger, TX)   |   | |
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thanks for posting this |
Post# 458840 , Reply# 22   12/26/2022 at 22:32 (477 days old) by mjhoshaw (Western PA)   |   | |
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Do these wheels break because the vac was dropped? I've seen lots of model Ls but never one with broken rear wheels. Compared to the rear wheels on the model E, they do seem way less robust. Just wondering.
Joel
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Post# 458866 , Reply# 23   12/27/2022 at 17:58 (477 days old) by electrojes (Racine Wi USA)   |   | |
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To my knowledge it has never been dropped. Nt sure how the one wheel broke. All of a sudden it got stuck on the carpet and that is when I noticed the broken wheel. |
Post# 459078 , Reply# 26   1/1/2023 at 17:54 (472 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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I do not know if you can find them so small - but maybe a screw thread tap into the axle shaft? That might be better long term for wheel changing, hopefully you shouldn't need to change them more than once but you never know.
I found the wheels usually bust apart from them being banged and dropped to the floor and thrown around in cluttered attics and garages and basements. |