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Thread Number: 64332
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
1980 Portable GE Dishwasher caster question |
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| Post# 869266 2/26/2016 at 16:50 (2,980 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
So I picked up a 1980 GE "convertible" DW last fall that had been installed to use in place. I'm wanting to convert to a portable and need casters. They're still available at $32.00 each. I don't think I'm interested in paying that kind of money.
Can someone suggest an alternative to the factory casters? What size would be correct? Would all four have originally been swivel type? Thanks Ken | ||
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| Post# 869273 , Reply# 1 2/26/2016 at 17:16 (2,980 days old) by delaneymeegan (Midwest) | ||
$32 sounds like typical GE pricing of standard hardware items.
If it were me(and actually I'm doing the same thing for a Kenmore portable dryer what came without casters), I'd turn this on its side and see what the mounting surface is, then buy some typical wheels from a hardware store.
I'd get two straight, non-pivoting, wheels, and two pivoting of the same diameter. Put the pivoting on the front of the machine.
The original wheels were probably a 2" at most, but it wouldn't hurt to go with a 3" 
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| Post# 869275 , Reply# 2 2/26/2016 at 17:29 (2,980 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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The $32.00 price was from easyapplianceparts.com which I usually find to have the best prices.
From the parts diagram I'm thinking the originals would have been something like these I found at Lowes. The sleeve could be removed. $4.97 a pair. Four are rated to hold 220 pounds.
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Post# 869278 , Reply# 3 2/26/2016 at 17:41 (2,980 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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Post# 869283 , Reply# 4 2/26/2016 at 18:09 (2,980 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 869289 , Reply# 5 2/26/2016 at 18:21 (2,980 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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Post# 869313 , Reply# 6 2/26/2016 at 20:22 (2,979 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 869322 , Reply# 7 2/26/2016 at 23:06 (2,979 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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| Post# 869330 , Reply# 8 2/27/2016 at 00:33 (2,979 days old) by delaneymeegan (Midwest) | ||
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| Post# 869390 , Reply# 9 2/27/2016 at 10:08 (2,979 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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