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Electrolux model "E" through "L" wheel replacement.
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Post# 78473   8/15/2009 at 21:38 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

I had the honor of hosting Toby Glenn at my house this time for a fix 'em up / mini meet. One of the operations was changing out the rear wheels to Toby's model "R". Since this question has come up more than once on the forum, I thought I would do a photo essay on how I do it. I've had great success with this and it almost looks like a factory job. Enjoy, and hope this can help someone out sometime.


Busted wheel....


Post# 78475 , Reply# 1   8/15/2009 at 21:42 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

I remove the rear housing, and grind off the original "fastening system" which is really a washer being held in place by flared section of the axle.


Sorry for the fuzzy picture......Toby had had eighteen Margaritas by this time!


Post# 78476 , Reply# 2   8/15/2009 at 21:46 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

I grind off just enough to allow the washer to slip off the shaft.

Post# 78477 , Reply# 3   8/15/2009 at 21:47 (5,339 days old) by luxg ()        

For 18 Margaritas I would say that was a great picture!!! It was fun talking with you guys I know that you must have had a great time!! Glad too that you are showing us how to go about changing out broken wheels. Terry

Post# 78478 , Reply# 4   8/15/2009 at 21:50 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

Then I drill down inside the axle about 3/8Th's of an inch with a 1/8 inch bit.

Post# 78479 , Reply# 5   8/15/2009 at 21:55 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

Let's see, where was I before I was so rudely interrupted by Terry? Oh yeah. Then, I replace the wheels with new shiny ones. I prepare an 1/8 inch pop rivet by pulling out the "stinger", apply J B Weld to the newly drilled hole, re-install the washer, and insert the rivet.

Post# 78480 , Reply# 6   8/15/2009 at 21:57 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

And there you have it. Newly installed wheels that sorta look like original factory installation.

Post# 78481 , Reply# 7   8/15/2009 at 22:00 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

Then finally reassemble the machine, and while the fit is pretty tight, I like to put some tape around the wheels until the epoxy sets up. Other than that - it's a done deal. You only have to do this to one side of the axle to replace both or just one wheel.

Post# 78482 , Reply# 8   8/15/2009 at 22:00 (5,339 days old) by luxg ()        

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 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

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 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

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 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

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 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

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 (5,339 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 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

Here's a couple more pics of the Westysig.

Bag compartment.


Post# 78491 , Reply# 15   8/15/2009 at 23:07 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

Fins, luggage bin and wheelie bars! Also loaded with a big block 396 bored & stroked, 12-1 pistons, and a high-rise cam with roller lifters. Four speed crash gear-box, with a short-stroke Husrt shifter, all in back of a explosion proof bell housing.........(huh?)

Post# 78492 , Reply# 16   8/15/2009 at 23:10 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

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# 78493 , Reply# 17   8/15/2009 at 23:15 (5,339 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        

It's interesting to note that Toby said his Westinghouse version of this machine HAS a separate blower port. It didn't occur to us tonight that there was a port - so we hunted it down! The machine really has great suction. My garage has those 6' X 8' carpet sections from Home Depot. The rug tool picked the carpets up about eight inches before letting go. Really fun machine.

Post# 78495 , Reply# 18   8/15/2009 at 23:34 (5,339 days old) by hoovercelebrity (Germany)        

Isn't a "Signature" a Montgomery Ward's cleaner, not Westinghouse? ((Although it was probably private labeled by Westinghouse))

Post# 78513 , Reply# 19   8/16/2009 at 07:15 (5,338 days old) by crevicetool (GA )        
You're so right, Fred.

This is a MW Signature made by Westinghouse. Toby also has a copper-colored Westinghouse version of this machine. I just called it the Westysig. Toby did a thread about the two of them when he found this unit.

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Post# 79930 , Reply# 20   9/3/2009 at 21:45 (5,320 days old) by thevacuumman (Borger, TX)        

thanks for posting this

Post# 458824 , Reply# 21   12/26/2022 at 11:28 (458 days old) by electrojes (Racine Wi USA)        
Looking for a model L turquoise wheel

My Electrolux Model L has a broken turquoise wheel. I have found ivory wheels as a replacement but I do not like the appearance with the Ivory wheels. Does anyone have a source for me to get at least one turquoise wheel. I have attached a photo. Thank you in advance - Jessica

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Post# 458840 , Reply# 22   12/26/2022 at 22:32 (458 days old) by mjhoshaw (Western PA)        
Re electrojes

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

 


Post# 458866 , Reply# 23   12/27/2022 at 17:58 (457 days old) by electrojes (Racine Wi USA)        
Model “L” wheel broke

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# 458885 , Reply# 24   12/28/2022 at 08:58 (456 days old) by Paul (USA)        

Even at that time Electrolux USA occasionally experimented with cheaper materials to lower production costs. I've seen quite a few of those teal wheels cracked and broken having become brittle. The ivory ones, though, seem more durable. The power nozzle wands during the tan Model G era were also known to crack more than others.

Post# 459061 , Reply# 25   1/1/2023 at 14:27 (452 days old) by Jo (Dallas,TX)        
Faster solution on wheels

Following the above directions up to the point of drilling the new hole…my system is the same but then I drill a hole a little smaller than a wide thread sheet metal screw that will fit the shaft. But not too big because you want the screw to grip into the shaft. Then I reassemble the shaft with the one wheel on the one side and on the cut side of the shaft I put that wheel on and then a washer to fit over the shaft, then put the screw into the shaft. This way if the problem happens again, you don’t have to deal with undoing rivets or welds or epoxies. Just unscrew the screw to disassemble!

I have found the older wheels simply cracking due to age. The area just outside the shaft is quite thin and starts to crack and isn’t very noticeable then when you pull the vacuum over a bump or something suddenly the crack gets worse and busts all the way through. It’s an age thing with the plastic of those wheels. Plastic gets brittle over time and most of the ones breaking nowadays are 50 years old. The model E and S which had the slightly smaller black wheels…those seem to have been more durable in fact I recently used the wheels from our S after the motor died to replace the blue ones that broke on my model L as well.

Really tough to find new blue wheels. Electrolux stopped making those wheels in blue by 1966 so any you may find will be aged already even if unused.

Jon


Post# 459078 , Reply# 26   1/1/2023 at 17:54 (452 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.



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