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My understanding is that most carts aren't broken but something is stuck in the bearings/bushings that allow the wheels to rotate on both axis. Just desmantling
by prmoustache 3y ago
My understanding is that most carts aren't broken but something is stuck in the bearings/bushings that allow the wheels to rotate on both axis. Just desmantling the wheel once in a while, cleaning it and regreasing it would do the trick.
It is just that shops do not care nor are willing to pay someone to spend the 15 to 30 minutes[1] every day to it takes check and fix them.
[1] if they were checked daily, most of them would stay in shape so a very little amount of them would need a fix per day.
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- 0xEF 3y ago> something stuck in the bearings/bushings This is tracks with my experience. I used to work for a mid-sized US grocery chain in the Midwest (Farmer Jack if anyone remembers those, gone now) and I once got reprimanded for cleaning the cart wheels. I didn't even have to take the wheels apart most of the time, just get in there with some WD-40 or pop out the small bits of concrete or rock with a screwdriver. Apparently that was a waste of time in my manager's eyes since "the carts were always broken anyway" and I was supposed to be unloading stock.
- emiliobumachar 3y agoI'd classify that as "broken, but easily repairable". Maybe I'm a spoiled desk jockey, but if I'm "dismantling" anything that size and weight, I ain't just cleaning it.
- prmoustache 3y agoI wouldn't call a bicycle that has a draggy old bottom bracket or wheel hub as broken. In need of service yes.