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Strongest glue?

loctite makes some pretty good stuff. i also use Goop to glue many things together. there's always JB weld and other 2-part epoxy
 
Epoxy is some pretty strong sh!t. Its gotta cure for a while tho.

EDIT And considering how force is being applied to those wheels, I don't think glue will do a damn thing. Buy a new chair
 
Originally posted by: ZOOYUKA
Try Gorrilla glue. I use it to glue everything.
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i saw a demo of it at homedepot once where they glued a little wood handle to a big old cement block, it was pretty cool.
 
Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Epoxy is some pretty strong sh!t. Its gotta cure for a while tho.

EDIT And considering how force is being applied to those wheels, I don't think glue will do a damn thing. Buy a new chair
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It's a perfectly good chair, if I can glue the wheels on it will last.
 
Go to your hardware store and select the strongest epoxy they have with at least 5 minutes working time available.

Be sure to scour the wheel and the fitting, maybe even drill small holes in both, so the epoxy can attach to both pieces firmly, otherwise the same thing will happen eventually.

If it's plastic, don't they have some kind of glue that melts plastic and when it rehardens it has bonded?? (like on PVC pipe??)

Anyhow, good luck. The way the force is applied to those wheels is a bad design, and I predict any fix you get now will be temporary.
 
Originally posted by: lytalbayre
Go to your hardware store and select the strongest epoxy they have with at least 5 minutes working time available.

Be sure to scour the wheel and the fitting, maybe even drill small holes in both, so the epoxy can attach to both pieces firmly, otherwise the same thing will happen eventually.

If it's plastic, don't they have some kind of glue that melts plastic and when it rehardens it has bonded?? (like on PVC pipe??)

Anyhow, good luck. The way the force is applied to those wheels is a bad design, and I predict any fix you get now will be temporary.
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Yes I know, it is a horrible design. I was thinking of replacing the casters entirely but I dont think that would work. Really don't want to buy a whole new chair when the only thing that is bad is the stupid wheels.

Will gluing them prevent them from swiveling?

Is that metal?
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Yes it will not swivel, no it is plastic.



 
Originally posted by: Sentinel
Originally posted by: lytalbayre
Go to your hardware store and select the strongest epoxy they have with at least 5 minutes working time available.

Be sure to scour the wheel and the fitting, maybe even drill small holes in both, so the epoxy can attach to both pieces firmly, otherwise the same thing will happen eventually.

If it's plastic, don't they have some kind of glue that melts plastic and when it rehardens it has bonded?? (like on PVC pipe??)

Anyhow, good luck. The way the force is applied to those wheels is a bad design, and I predict any fix you get now will be temporary.
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Yes I know, it is a horrible design. I was thinking of replacing the casters entirely but I dont think that would work. Really don't want to buy a whole new chair when the only thing that is bad is the stupid wheels.

Will gluing them prevent them from swiveling?

Is that metal?
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Yes it will not swivel, no it is plastic.
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maybe you can replace the entire star-shaped wheel thing.
 
Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Originally posted by: Sentinel
yeah better off to replace the chair, meh. glue it is, going to hd this weekend.
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told u

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As opposed to "maybe you can replace the entire star-shaped wheel thing" buying a new chair would be worth it. Maybe if I can salvage it, and save say $50-60 it's worth it.



 
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