Need assistance with wheels assembly for dolly

[Bobonli]

I'm building my first dolly and have encountered a problem with the wheel assembly. I'm sure it's a rookie mistake but I can't seem to figure it out. I think it's the wheels I'm using but would greatly appreciate some help.

The plans I'm working from say " put a 1/4-20 2 inch hex bolt through the wheel followed by 1/4 flat washer, 2 nuts (for spacing), 1 1/4 fender washer (then the rail for the base) another fender washer and a final nut."

Problem is, there's nothing holding this harware to the wheel. As picutred, the bolt goes completly thru the wheel. I tried putting a fender washer on the outside of the wheel (like a hub cap) and various arrangements of nuts and washers between the wheel and rail and the wheel either binds or spins itself off the nut.

Please identify my rookiie-fabricator error! Do I need wheels with a smaller opening for the nut?

Thank you

 

[TiE_Shepherd]

You're missing the bearings in the wheels.

 

[Bobonli]

Son of a bungee cord! The salesman at the sporting goods shop asked me if I needed the bearings and, since they were not mentioned in the instructions, I bought wheels without them.

Thanks

 

[Marc Villafan]

Son of a bungee cord!

lol. Good luck, show us when its done! :thumbup:

 

[Bobonli]

All Done Thanks for the help

All Done Thanks for the help

Here is the final product. Built from "Billy's Blueprints" on the Digital Juice website. As per the advice of the members here, I sized it down from 3 ft square to 32 inches square to fit through doorways. The carpeting idea and the push pole bracket ( a flag pole holder) came from another post on this forum,

If I had to do it again, I'd figure out a way to make the wheel assemblies independent. I'd also use a drill press to make the mounting holes in the angled aluminum; drilling into the angle by hand was a PITA. All totaled it was $181.47; however, I could have saved about $60 if I scavenged the wheels and bearings rather than purchasing new ones.

I'm going to try to produce a short "making of" video to cover some things that were not obvious in the original plans and video.

As you can see, I went with a ride on-option for my 1st AC

 

[sek0910]

By the way, I've found many thrift shops in my area where I can get a pair of rollerblade skates (8 wheels) for $5 or less. Check around.

 

[GoodLuck]

The covering is a nice touch. Looks good. :thumbup:

 

[Angelshare1]

I bought a bunch of dirt cheap berrings and wheels at Toys R Us.

I looked at skate shops but they are specialty places that usually only carry the high end stuff.