Handle on my CT22

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Hello,
I've got a problem with the handle I've just bought for my CT22.

I installed the handle as per the instructions. Now, my CT22 doesn't roll around as easily and the left rear wheel locks up completely on occasion. Engaging the wheel lock and then releasing it appears to free up the wheel, but the CT22 still doesn't roll around as easily.

Has anyone experienced similar problem? What, if anything did you do about it?

Thanks

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

David, I saw your support email come in this morning and I'm sure that David McGibbon or someone else will be in touch with you about this issue.  I don't believe that the handle itself would be the culprit since there's no way for the handle to make contact with the wheel itself and the position and length of the screws make it impossible to put a screw through and contact the wheel.

I would recommend that you flip the CT upside down and look carefully at the locking mechanism.  There is a spring-loaded peg that engages the hub when the lock is used.  Make sure that the peg didn't get stuck for some reason.  You have to look carefully to see it since there's little distance between the hub and the peg enclosure.

Lastly, these wheels are lubricated.  You can remove the white hub from the wheel with a screw driver just by popping it off.  Then remove the wheel using a Torx 20.  Apply a small amount of a general use grease.

Hope that helps. If not, I'm sure that David will offer assistance.

Shane

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Just for a FYI, I had that locking mechanism break on my ct and the wheel rolled sometimes and sometimes it wouldn't.

I don't know how it happened but, it did.

They sent me a new hub assembly and I had it swapped out in 5 minutes.

 

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There is a spring-loaded peg that engages the hub when the lock is used.  Make sure that the peg didn't get stuck for some reason.
Then remove the wheel using a Torx 20.  Apply a small amount of a general use grease.

Hi Shane,

I had a look at the wheel locking mechanism and the peg is running freely. As well, the wheel assembly had plenty of grease on it and spins freely.

The CT22 still doesn't run as freely as I seem to remember before I installed the handle. Maybe it's my imagination playing games with me. The flooring surface I'm currently using the CT22 on is parquet and the only thing I can figure is that the wheel surfaces are hard plastic and sliding instead of turning.

Just for information's sake, I'll remove the handle to see if I notice any difference in rolling ability. I do understand that the hanjdle is not contacting the wheel or locking mechanism in any way, shape or form. I guess the only thing I could hope for is that in the future, the wheels of the CT22 are covered by rubber like the systainer dolly that I bought. It rolls like a dream. I've actually considered trying to apply some type of rubber surface to the CT22 wheel surface, but it's just not important enough of an issue at this point.

 

[harry_]

Upscale,

I know this may sound crazy, but it may have a lot to do with how push/pulling it is being perceived by your body. I guess this would be ergonomics? Nothing is particularly hard to roll around when you are doing it by the cord or hose. Not to say that is how you were doing it intentionally. I just know that my CT33 will move quite readily when I run the hose out a bit, even when I think it won't or don't want it to (I rarely think of locking the wheels.) So now that you actually have a handle, it just may seem different tactilely, where as the actual amount of force needed has remained unchanged. It will be interesting to hear what you say it is like once you remove the handle for a test drive. [popcorn]

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Brice Burrell had a good tip about covering the wheels with painters tape (if memory serves) to help protect floors.  Doing so may improve your situation.  The new CT 26 / 26 have wheels made from a more rubber-like material however they are not compatible with the CT 22 / 33 and cannot be retrofitted unfortunately.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

The new CT's have the wheel lock on the front of the vac right?

 

[woodguy7]

There is a lever that lifts the front wheels clear of the ground but no wheel lock as such.

Woodguy

 

[Brice Burrell]

There is a lever that lifts the front wheels clear of the ground but no wheel lock as such.

Woodguy

Right, it's the same style brake as the CT Mini and Midi.

 

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I know this may sound crazy, but it may have a lot to do with how push/pulling it is being perceived by your body. I guess this would be ergonomics?
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Well, you called it. I took the handle off and the CT22 rolls around just as easily as I first experienced. I guess the difference is between pushing and pulling completely on a horizontal plane as compared to the handle which exerts a measure of diagonal downward force when moving the vacuum around.

I may try out the painter's tape suggestion for the rear larger wheels at some point, put that doesn't have much to do with the perception difference I felt with the handle.

Thanks for your comment.

 

[tbellemare]

I think the wheels are made the way they are so they will not pick up debris or small chunks on the way to the jobsite. I roll my CT across sidewalks, down streets, through yards and construction debris, just to get to the place where it will be used. That place could and frequently does have brand new flooring and often wooden flooring.

If I had rubbery wheels or something soft on them, I'd have all sorts of stuff stuck to them by the time I got to rolling around on that new cherry or bamboo floor.

I like the design as is.

'Just my two cents...

Tom

 

[ApgarConstruction]

I think a thin strip of EPDM rubber glued onto the wheels would keep them from sliding, while protecting the floors, and not pick up any debris because they surface would be smooth, not treads like tires do.