Comments on: The Wheelchair: Wheels http://area42.mwbrooks.com/index.php/2009/03/the-wheelchair-wheels Watch for IFOs Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:04:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Comment Quandaries « Area 42 http://area42.mwbrooks.com/index.php/2009/03/the-wheelchair-wheels/comment-page-1#comment-3239 Comment Quandaries « Area 42 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:58:41 +0000 http://area42.mwbrooks.com/?p=161#comment-3239 [...] lady’s comment on my Wheelchair: Wheels post essentially said her wheelchair had four big wheels and asked me to call her. A second comment [...] [...] lady’s comment on my Wheelchair: Wheels post essentially said her wheelchair had four big wheels and asked me to call her. A second comment [...]

]]> By: Hak Ghun http://area42.mwbrooks.com/index.php/2009/03/the-wheelchair-wheels/comment-page-1#comment-3162 Hak Ghun Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:12:56 +0000 http://area42.mwbrooks.com/?p=161#comment-3162 It seems to me that the end users will always know what works and doesn't I am interested in joint project to work on better electric wheechairs. It seems to me that the end users will always know what works and doesn’t
I am interested in joint project to work on better electric wheechairs.

]]> By: marcus http://area42.mwbrooks.com/index.php/2009/03/the-wheelchair-wheels/comment-page-1#comment-441 marcus Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:58:30 +0000 http://area42.mwbrooks.com/?p=161#comment-441 One of the Northern Tools #13682 bearings (stamped "S & S Taiwan" on the case), started grunting soon after I put it in. I had two spares of the same type, so I've swapped in the one that felt smoothest. We'll see if it starts grunting too. I guess it's time to order some of the "Heavy Duty" bearings! (PS: The rough bearing wasn't distorted and failing like the originals were. It might have held up indefinitely at wheelchair speeds, but the noise was disturbing. Curiously, the original bearings on the left wheel seem to be doing fine, with no sign of "blowing out" like the right wheel's bearings did.) One of the Northern Tools #13682 bearings (stamped “S & S Taiwan” on the case), started grunting soon after I put it in. I had two spares of the same type, so I’ve swapped in the one that felt smoothest. We’ll see if it starts grunting too.

I guess it’s time to order some of the “Heavy Duty” bearings!

(PS: The rough bearing wasn’t distorted and failing like the originals were. It might have held up indefinitely at wheelchair speeds, but the noise was disturbing. Curiously, the original bearings on the left wheel seem to be doing fine, with no sign of “blowing out” like the right wheel’s bearings did.)

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