Wheel of bed is hanging off

[Jeff543]

That carpet looks like a crime scene.

Andy

Hahaha.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Haha I'm being asked to buy a new bed on a DIY forum.

Gold.

And carpet..........................or at least a vacuum!!

Andy

 

[Alec_t]

Thanks mate, what type of tape though? Plumber's tape?

Almost any tape would help to jam the spindle into the thimble, but if it were me I'd try electrical tape. Unless you're constantly moving the bed around, the leg won't easily fall out.

 

[JohnD]

but the advantage of a wood glue is that it might reinforce any cracking or wear in the drilled hole. The thimble method is much stronger that the screwed-on casters, unless the hole is damaged. May happen if the caster is jammed as it won't stand up to sideways force if dragged. Is OK to roll on a smooth floor. Might be possible to add a reinforcing plate, especially on corner.

You won't see a crack unless you pull off the fabric. Or have an endoscope?

 

[Jeff543]

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[Burnerman]

The bottom panel of the bed is likely to be chipboard......if the castor hasn’t literally been ripped out I’d glue the stem back in with araldite.
If the hole is really knackered, consider making a 3mm steel square with a hole in the centre for the castor stem and a hole in the corner of the plate for fixing on to the bed panel.
John

 

[Jeff543]

b. Might be possible to add a reinforcing plate, especially on corner.

What type of reinforcing plate and where and how?

Thanks.

 

[Jeff543]

The bottom panel of the bed is likely to be chipboard......if the castor hasn’t literally been ripped out I’d glue the stem back in with araldite.
If the hole is really knackered, consider making a 3mm steel square with a hole in the centre for the castor stem and a hole in the corner of the plate for fixing on to the bed panel.
John

So screw a plate onto the chipboard? Do you have an image of what sort of plate?

Thanks.

 

[mattylad]

Jeff, just put some old books under that corner.

 

[Burnerman]

I'd make my own but this gives you some idea:
https://www.toolstation.com/dual-co...MI6JOa0-u_8AIVC-rtCh21kwD6EAQYCSABEgK9xPD_BwE
Easy enough to cut to length, and to drill a suitable hole in the middle.
John

 

[foxhole]

Replace with plate fixed castor .

 

[Jeff543]

The bottom panel of the bed is likely to be chipboard......if the castor hasn’t literally been ripped out I’d glue the stem back in with araldite.
If the hole is really knackered, consider making a 3mm steel square with a hole in the centre for the castor stem and a hole in the corner of the plate for fixing on to the bed panel.
John

I could glue the spindle in the hole and even wrap tape around it beforehand to fill up the hole better.

How would a square metal-plate with a hole in the middle reinforce the wheel? The spindle would have to be squeezed through the hole in the metal- plate for it to work? The only way I see metal-plates working is if there are two parallel ones at either side of the spindle after the spindle is stuck/inserted in the bed-hole. That's what you mean?

 

[Jeff543]

Jointing Plates Zinc-Plated 35 x 2 x 97mm 10 Pack | Plate Brackets | Screwfix.com will do I reckon.

 

[Jeff543]

Update: Wrapped the Grey Thimble in electrical tape and it was stiff getting it into hole (a good sign). Poured Gorrilla Wood Glue in to the the hole until it overflowed the brim and then hammered spindle in. Put a 5KG barbell weight on for several hours then turned it over and used bed.