On 31/10/2012 9:57 PM, WILTON wrote:
Who was wanting a nylon roller for a window coupla weeks ago? Check this -
screen door roller, $1.50/pair.
http://stores.nextag.com/store/4798097/product/949410355/Nylon-Roller
Wilton
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It was me Wilton.
I don't know if I ever posted the result of our search for a reasonable
repair solution.
I found rollers intended for a shower door at Home Depot. As luck would
have it, they were almost perfect - just a wee bit too big in diameter.
I used a simple jig to make them a bit smaller:
- a strip of wood with a hole drilled in it to attach the roller
- then clamped that in a vice
- then pushed it into a sanding drum on the drill press a little bit
and clamped down the vice
- then rotated the roller to evenly reduce the size of the nylon roller
by a little bit so it would fit into the channel.
The rollers came with a threaded stud so it made attachment to the
regulator on the truck very easy.
We just ground off the original rivet and bolted these in with a bit
of locktite. It works fine.
Cost was about $5 and that was double what it could have been as I
bought 2 sets in case I was not successful with my first try (I had not
figured out how I was going to reduce the size when I was in Home Depot).
So, I have a spare set - if I can find them if I ever need them again.
Randy
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