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wheeltapper:
Hi
before you all shout at me, I know this isn't engieering in any sense of the word but it might help someone so;

the front wheel on my self propelled mower broke the other day, see pic

the bearing tube broke where it's fixed to the radial fins and it was wobbling all over the place.

after finding out the price for a replacement I decided on this as a quick repair...
I filled the wheel with cement :lol: :lol:






it should support the bearing tube better than anything else I could think of.


Is it stupid if it works?

Roy

Swarfing:
The fact you instantly thought repair instead of throw away and buy new gets my thumbs up every time  :thumbup:

krv3000:
HI thats a good fix    :)

Bernd:
 :thumbup: :thumbup: two from me. Ingenious way to fix a wheel.

Just to add another ingredient that could be used  - epoxy

Bernd

rleete:
I might have used something besides cement (I used epoxy), but it's the same either way.  If the epoxy hadn't been free, I certainly would have looked for something different.

Hey, it's fixed.  That's what counts.  Many others would have tossed the whole thing, or shelled out good money for a replacement.

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