Waste hog wheels

StinkyPete78
StinkyPete78 Forum Participant Posts: 25
edited August 2020 in Tips for making Caravanning & Touring Cheaper #1

If anyone out there has a Grey water Waste Hog with broken wheels and ever tried to source one (last time I looked £18+ per wheel) here is a very good cheaper fix.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/select-rubber-wheel-250mm-diameter/2234p

I had to cut off 5/6mm from the hub then using my gas weed killer from Aldi heated up the axle (not red hot) and push it carefully through the centre of the hub as it is about 0.5mm too narrow. It took a couple of goes but in total to complete both wheels about 30mins for the whole process.

That came in for both wheels at £15:98 and not £36+...Bargain!

 

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  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited August 2020 #2

    Great idea and much qiieter when empty if not carriedwink

  • ask66
    ask66 Forum Participant Posts: 43
    edited October 2020 #3

    Looks good, thanks for the tip.  My wheels seem OK but one of them has recently started coming off the axle whilst being wheeled, I need to think of a fix but haven't got around to it yet!

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