Sack trolley - wheel pins?

[fdc]

I know there's a hell of a lot of threads on here about trolleys (!) , but i've not seen anything about the wheel pins specifically!

I have recently bought a trolley very similar to:

The wheels needed attaching, and as far as I can see they are only held on with a sort of hair-pin looking thing. They stay on, but I'm not sure how secure they'll be whilst taking on the rigours of Worthy Farm? Has anyone got any experience of wheels that are secured in this way, and any suggestions for where I might buy replacement pins in case they come lose and i need to reattach the wheels, or a better way of securing them?

cheers all

[rabid]

I know there's a hell of a lot of threads on here about trolleys (!) , but i've not seen anything about the wheel pins specifically!

I have recently bought a trolley very similar to:

The wheels needed attaching, and as far as I can see they are only held on with a sort of hair-pin looking thing. They stay on, but I'm not sure how secure they'll be whilst taking on the rigours of Worthy Farm? Has anyone got any experience of wheels that are secured in this way, and any suggestions for where I might buy replacement pins in case they come lose and i need to reattach the wheels, or a better way of securing them?

cheers all

[fdc]

They'll be fine, it's what they'e designed to do. Take spares just in case and tape them to the trolley for easy access. You shouldn't need them but if you've got them life will be so much easier if the worst happens. You should be able to pick them up from any decent hardware shop.

[jalien01]

I was worried about mine breaking too so I used strong nails pushed through and bent them round the wheel hole with pliers.

I carry spares on the trolly too.

Lasted 3 Glastonburys so far

[jmarmer]

I fixed mine with a couple of cotterpins from a car accessories shop, about 50p, like splitpins but more heavy duty.

[fdc]

Cool, cheers for the pointers folks. I'll get myself some of those cotter pins I think!

[alexthecheese]

I had one of those and it was so cheap the hubs on the wheels bent, popped out the nuts holding them together and then disintegrated. We then had to walk up and down the metal rack looking for them - thankfully passers by spotted them all, but it was a POS!

How slack are the wheels against the frame? Ours had a centimetre gap either side