Pallet Jack needs wheels

[kvom]

I pulled out the pallet jack for the first time in a long while to move some equipment in my shop.  I was surprised to see the plastic tires on the front wheels peel off on both sides.  Who knew?

Luckily it seems replacements can be found on Amazon.

[crueby]

What sort of little engine will you add to the wheels to make it self propelled?   

[kvom]

It is self-propelled.  By my self.   

Love it when YouTube shows how to do the swap.

[crueby]

It is self-propelled.  By my self.   

 

[kvom]

Nothing is ever easy.  The wheels are fixed with a roll pin that refuses to budge.  Thought about drilling it out, but with a handheld drill it's hard to keep it straight through.  I decided in the interim to just scrape off the remainder of the plastic "tires", and that allows the jack to work normally.  I think the solution may be to make a press out of a screw clamp.  I've owned the jack for 16+ years, and I bought it used.  So plenty of time for things to get pretty stuck.

[Art K]

Yeah I had to change the wheels on the pallet jack at work, didn't have any trouble though.
Art

[uuu]

I've not tried drilling a roll pin - I always imagined that the springy material might be semi-hard - and the shape will grab the drill.  The protruding bit can already be spread out a little,  making it hard to press through, so grinding it off before pressing in a drift has worked for me.

Wilf

[Art K]

while I'm thinking of it, Have you tried a roll pin punch? The 1/4 inch one I use at work is McMaster's Part Number 3421A41. Keeps the punch centered while you wail on it!
Art

[kvom]

That's the first thing I tried, but the wheel mount moves so it's hard to get any force onto the pin.

[ShopShoe]

I have run into "stuck" pins that were mushroomed on the end from someone previously trying to get them out with inappropriate tools.

Regarding, the mount moving: Is it possible to remove the caster so you can clamp it in a vise?

--ShopShoe

[kvom]

The axle assembly is fastened with another type of pin where I can't put any pressure on it.  I might be able to clamp it, so that's the next idea to try.  I am able to move some things with the old wheels now that the plastic tires are removed, but the lathe (3500 lbs) doesn't want to budge more than a few inches.

[Jo]

 

(its an age thingy ... hard to visualise what you mean  )

Jo

[kvom]

https://imgur.com/a/pallet-jack-mkmvgmH?

Can't seem to imbed the image itself

[wagnmkr]

Can you put bits of wood or metal between the orage bit and the black bit to keep that assembly from moving whilst you wail on that roll pin?

[ShopShoe]

I can't tell from the photo and description, so perhaps this is not relevant.

I remembered that I once removed a stubborn roll pin by tapping it with threads and using a threaded adapter on a small slide hammer to pull it out from the side it was hammered in from.

ShopShoe