Hangar door wheels

gsimatos · Post by **gsimatos** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:45 pm

You guys have been a lot of help in the past so maybe some one might help me with this one. Just moved the RV project to a hangar and found out yesterday the sliding door jams. Looking closer I found one of the steel wheels is broken under the door. These are huge doors and the wheels roll on a rail which looks like a piece of angle with the corner facing up. The wheel itself has a groove shaped in a "VEE" which rides on the rail. The wheel has split in half at the groove and looks like maybe cast iron?? The diameter is about 4 inches. Ploughed thru Yellow Pages and Google but haven't located a source for such wheels. If anybody has any info I would sure appreciate it. Gotta have doors to keep all those darn RV plans from blowing around. Thanks G

weezbad · Post by **weezbad** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:52 pm

look at these, Searched " grooved wheels"..sounds like your wheel.

http://www.mappcaster.com/ProdInd/V-gro ... Index.aspx

http://www.hamiltoncaster.com/Default.aspx?tabid=221

http://www.castercity.com/vgroovew.htm

gsimatos · Post by **gsimatos** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:47 pm

William, Sorry not getting back to this. With your help I just ordered up 4 new wheels. Thanks, nothing worse that having a little time for the RV and it takes ya an hour to open up the hangar door, Cheers Gary

weezbad · Post by **weezbad** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:59 pm

glad to help.

i am to a point where i dont know what to do next.

i guess that means i need to build a paint booth or just take the plane to the airport and assemble it, fly it for a year while i can still (barely) afford to buy gas and then pay someone else to paint it.

oh, and see if my door needs new wheels.