Salt spreader wheel removal.

[dobbslc]

I've just taken delivery of a small salt spreader for our lane but have discovered the flanged plastic bearing for the axle has been fitted round the wrong way.
The flange looks like it should be this side of the frame.


I need to remove these 'dome nuts'?


Any ideas without damaging them?

 

[BrokenBiker]

What does the other side look like?

Personally I'd tickle it with a grinder and replace with a normal nut and washer if you are sure it is a nut

 

[Pete.]

Those buttons are supposed to be single use but I have wrenched them off and got them back on again. It depends on whether the spring fingers will fold back in without kinking.

 

[Pete.]

Star lock dome buttons they are.

 

[MattF]

Use a bucket & hand scoop for spreading the grit. It's quicker & easier than fannying around with those spreaders.

 

[Robotstar5]

I've eased them out with flat screwdrivers.

 

[dobbslc]

I've currently got a couple of pry bars under it and it's coming off but I think it'll be knackered by then.

Use a bucket & hand scoop for spreading the grit. It's quicker & easier than fannying around with those spreaders.

Lane is a mile long and council won't help other than supplying us with the spreader and salt.
We normally do it with shovels out the back of my truck but it's wasteful if you're not careful.

 

[dobbslc]

Thanks chaps! The bearing is in place so it actually does something and I've managed to straighten the starlock dome thingy out and tap it back on.

 

[bricol]

What stops your reverse flanged bush from wandering along the axle?

I would have thought the flange would be to the outside, between wheel and frame, with either an exle length, or suitable spacers, to keep the wheel up to it so it keeps it in the frame? And a good tight fit in the frame so it doesn't rotate in the frame.

 

[roofman]

Star lock dome buttons they are.

They have been around for years..had them on kids trikes in the 60,s to keep the back wheels on

 

[Gareth J]

Have put a bit of threaded bar right through a similar thing when the grippy hubcaps gave up.

 

[dobbslc]

What stops your reverse flanged bush from wandering along the axle?

I would have thought the flange would be to the outside, between wheel and frame, with either an exle length, or suitable spacers, to keep the wheel up to it so it keeps it in the frame? And a good tight fit in the frame so it doesn't rotate in the frame.

Yes you're right, there's another part not in the photos that goes inside the flanged part, it's now installed on the outside of the frame and can't move out of position.

 

[Dapph2]

I've just taken delivery of a small salt spreader for our lane but have discovered the flanged plastic bearing for the axle has been fitted round the wrong way.
The flange looks like it should be this side of the frame.
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I need to remove these 'dome nuts'?

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Any ideas without damaging them?

I've had several wheeled items where that has happened .

Just ease off the one way crimp ensure the tags are facing the out side edge before putting them back just incase they have flipped over to the other side .

Open up the spread of the bars , using a big adjustable if needed to re align the hole to the axle at 90 degree and carefully put them back on .

If the problem still exists a length of all thread from B&Q for about a tenner , two big penny washer and two nylock nuts to suit the rod should allow you to pull the wheels onto the axle a lot better . If you have a lathe turning a small bush for each side to fit over the all thread can allow you to heavily grease the rubbing faces and give you ten or more years hard use of it . Wash them off and let them dry after each salting will also prolong it's life .

 

[Erie Fred]

I've currently got a couple of pry bars under it and it's coming off but I think it'll be knackered by then.


Lane is a mile long and council won't help other than supplying us with the spreader and salt.
We normally do it with shovels out the back of my truck but it's wasteful if you're not careful.

This might speed things up a bit if the initial spreader get's old.
They are very popular "over here".

https://www.buyersproducts.com/catalog/saltdogg-17/tailgate-spreaders-469

 

[dobbslc]

Well it lasted about 10 minutes then the gearbox failed. Brand new and utter rubbish.

 

[GaryS65]

Well it lasted about 10 minutes then the gearbox failed. Brand new and utter rubbish.

We had a spreader somewhere, Agri-fab. Plastic thing. Just spread the seed, fertiliser or grit wherever it wanted and made a right mess.

You really need a PTO driven or motor driven affair to keep the consistent fan spread

 

[MattF]

Well it lasted about 10 minutes then the gearbox failed. Brand new and utter rubbish.

Told you so. They're sh*te. Bucket & scoop. Honestly. Once you find your technique, it's a bloody good method for grit spreading. You can fit approx. 15kg in a builders bucket.

You also need to remember that you don't need to put shedloads down. A good even spread is far more beneficial than mounds of it. Around 30 to 40 grammes per square metre is all you need to be aiming for.

 

[Robotstar5]

Lane is a mile long and council won't help other than supplying us with the spreader and salt.
We normally do it with shovels out the back of my truck but it's wasteful if you're not careful.

I was doing recovery on the Forest of Dean stages rally in the 80's when the hill approaching one of the stage starts got frozen, even 4WD struggled to get up it, the organisers found a transit pickup and filled the back with grit then he slid down the hill with all wheels locked up while a couple of blokes in the back shoveled grit out onto the ground.

 

[Dapph2]

Told you so. They're sh*te. Bucket & scoop. Honestly. Once you find your technique, it's a bloody good method for grit spreading. You can fit approx. 15kg in a builders bucket.

You also need to remember that you don't need to put shedloads down. A good even spread is far more beneficial than mounds of it. Around 30 to 40 grammes per square metre is all you need to be aiming for.

The old farm fertilizer / guano spreaders bucket was often used to broad cast grains & grass seed it fitted on a leather front facing shoulder harness . I used to watch dad do left hand grab out the bucket .. whilst his right hand slung seeds and salt etc then move to lh sling . rh grab . At the edge of a field he would use the grab handle with the off side hand . Dad & the small farm owner did that for hours at a time , till one day there was enough money for a crop duster hire which did the 100 acres in an hour or less. We thought it was fantastic to get a shower of Fison's fertilizer pellets from the dusting aircraft as it passed overhead . Watching it land , refill and take off again some 1/2 mile away was about as exciting as it could be for a 6 yr old lad .

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[Erie Fred]

Told you so. They're sh*te. Bucket & scoop. Honestly. Once you find your technique, it's a bloody good method for grit spreading. You can fit approx. 15kg in a builders bucket.

You also need to remember that you don't need to put shedloads down. A good even spread is far more beneficial than mounds of it. Around 30 to 40 grammes per square metre is all you need to be aiming for.

Is there an APP for that ?