I need help with casters. I have a rolling butcher block island in my kitchen (30yrs old). Its casters are starting to get stuck and drag. I store all my cast iron in it, a lot of weight.
Today I planned to put in new shelf liners and I had bought rubber casters at Ace hardware. The only “size” mentioned on the package is 2 inches, which is the diameter of the wheels.
My problems is this… The old casters have a plastic sleeve around the metal insert for the caster shaft. The insert with plastic sleeve fits up into the leg of the island.
The hole for the insert and sleeve of the old casters are a lot larger than the metal insert for the new casters. As is… the new casters would lean, or even fall out if the island were lifted.
I though about taking some plastic tubing, (size approx) slip it over the new inserts. Hoping to make the new inserts fit tightly in the leg.
Is there some kind of sizing to go by? A chart or some other means to know if I have the wrong size casters?
Info appreciated.
Today I planned to put in new shelf liners and I had bought rubber casters at Ace hardware. The only “size” mentioned on the package is 2 inches, which is the diameter of the wheels.
My problems is this… The old casters have a plastic sleeve around the metal insert for the caster shaft. The insert with plastic sleeve fits up into the leg of the island.
The hole for the insert and sleeve of the old casters are a lot larger than the metal insert for the new casters. As is… the new casters would lean, or even fall out if the island were lifted.
I though about taking some plastic tubing, (size approx) slip it over the new inserts. Hoping to make the new inserts fit tightly in the leg.
Is there some kind of sizing to go by? A chart or some other means to know if I have the wrong size casters?
Info appreciated.