We live on a farm - swmbo is the wheel-y one - not me - and she has the mechanical sympathy of an ape....
The castors on her 'chair (Tilite tisport) get filled with hair (we both have long hair) and all sorts of ikky stuff wrapped round the bearings on the wheels.
Is there a solution to this? The wheels are already oversize at 6" diameter
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Fluff, Straw, Hair In Castors - How To Stop?
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, Feb 23 2011 10:39 PM
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Posted 24 February 2011 - 02:11 AM
LeahC, on 23 February 2011 - 11:18 PM, said:
Can't stop it sorry, just have to snip it all out x
Agreed. That's just part of it. It can easily be taken out though. Just a little maintenance!
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Posted 24 February 2011 - 09:28 AM
Bit tricky if it tangles in the bearings but removing the wheels is easy to the clean and clear the axles. Stick a bit of lube on while you're at it.
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Posted 27 February 2011 - 03:15 PM
unfortunately as previously stated you cant stop it
me personally i make sure theres plenty of grease on contact parts, which though makes it more difficult to clean stops hair from damaging bearings. Hear drinks the oil out from round the bearings leaving them vunerable to simple stuff like sand and grit
i give them a quick clean once a weak. i snip of any hair, straw thread etc with a narrow pair of nail scissors, douse it with 3-in-1 or wd40 and run a cloth round. then whack a blob of grease on it either ith a cotton bud or if you can get on a little plunger/syringe
once a month the hole lot gets taken apart and given a good clean and regrease
the main reason i use grease is its hard to wash or wipe away as squeaking drives me crazy!!!
me personally i make sure theres plenty of grease on contact parts, which though makes it more difficult to clean stops hair from damaging bearings. Hear drinks the oil out from round the bearings leaving them vunerable to simple stuff like sand and grit
i give them a quick clean once a weak. i snip of any hair, straw thread etc with a narrow pair of nail scissors, douse it with 3-in-1 or wd40 and run a cloth round. then whack a blob of grease on it either ith a cotton bud or if you can get on a little plunger/syringe
once a month the hole lot gets taken apart and given a good clean and regrease
the main reason i use grease is its hard to wash or wipe away as squeaking drives me crazy!!!
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Posted 27 February 2011 - 11:13 PM
The only way to avoid that stuff is to wheelie constantly and even if you did that I'm sure some would still find its way on there. As the others have said periodically removing your wheels and pulling it off is the only solution.
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Posted 28 February 2011 - 03:22 AM
I usually wait till the chair tries to turn of it's own accord while I'm trying to go straight. That tells me it's time to clean it up a bit. I generally break something long before I wear it out,, even with my negligent maintenance routine.
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Posted 08 March 2011 - 08:40 PM
wow...my maintenance is totally nonexistent...i need to clean mine out 
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