BA123 Replacement Casters - Suitable substitute found

[tiggerlasv at aim.com]

The BA123 casters have a rubber lining on either side of the caster;
I had the same deterioration on my BA123's. . .  except I didn't find 
out
until I had rolled one over a section of carpet in the house.
(That was fun to clean up. . . . not !)

Presumably, the rubber is for vibration deadening.

Since I didn't have a convenient source for them at the time,
I opted to make them less messy.

I just took a small flat-blade screwdriver,
and cored the rubber out from both sides
of each caster.   Since it was already "leaking" out
from all of the casters, I didn't have any "moral" issues with this.

Once the rubber is out, the casters are just plain ol' casters,
and they roll just fine.

More recently, additional research has revealed:

The casters were made by Shepherd casters (www.shepherdcasters.com).

I found a close replacement part -

Shepherd PSF50101BK has the same mounting pattern, and diameter.
Although it is a slightly different style, it should make an adequate 
replacement.

A quick search turned up this:

http://www.apollocaster.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=71_85&products_id=68061

As info. . .




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