Thanks for the video. FYI for those wondering, the lock ring can easily be removed using a nose plier. For mine, I just pushed the tips of the nose plier into the 2 curvy gaps between the lock ring & the axle and then flicked the plier very lightly, and the lock ring came loose & flew across the room.
Thanks a lot for posting this. Our brand new Thule Chariot trailer has a lot of play in the wheels and now I know how to fix it (by tightening the nyloc nut on the outer face).
Thank you for taking the time to do this video. Our wheel came off the chariot today, I was about to go to the bike shop. Your video saved me an unnecessary service bill, thank you!
Thanks heaps! Now i can true one wheel, and tighten up the massive play in the other. And once the lock ring was removed, it was easy to gently push the axle through to get the cover to pop off.
I'm glad the video helped you! I've gotten so much help from other peoples videos here on TH-cam and was very surprised that there was none on the topic of how to take apart the wheel for this type of trailer :) You're right, the plastic cover is easy to remove with something sharp. It can also be removed by pushing it from the other side once the axel is removed.
great video! My quick release got stuck "open", so the wheel doesn't stuck. I pulled it manually with a pliers from under the dust cover. I put some WD40 in the quick release , because it feels like some sort of spring inside got stuck. Do someone know if only the quick release could be bought as spare part?
Perfect video. Now i can change both axle on my Thule. After pulling up the dust cover, need some new ? Or can use the old one ? thanks a lot from germany
I would use the old one. Don't see any reason to change it. It's basically just a plastic lid that offers some basic protection from splashes of water and dust.
Hi Goran, thanks a lot for this video! I have the Thule Chariot CX2, and both wheels have developed significant play over the last weeks/months. It's clear the lock nut needs to be tightened to remove play and adjust bearing preload, but I haven't managed to get access to the nut. So I have a small question; what tool did you use to remove the lock ring at the inner side? My hope is to remove that and push the mechanism out along with the rubber cap cover. I have tried to pry the cap cover with something sharp as suggested by others here but it doesn't pop off, it seems somehow glued to some sort of exterior lip (?). I don't want to carry on and break it just yet. Really annoying that Thule does not provide any official service instructions for this proprietary mechanism ... Cheers and thanks a lot! Jonathan.
Hi Jonathan and thank you for the question. I assume you mean the lock ring that I put back on about 12:28 in the video. To be honest it's mostly about gentle force, some courage and tons of patience :) It's been two years since I opened the wheel so I don't remember exactly how I did it. Probably just pushing it off from the side. The lock ring that was on my wheel is of a type called "e clip". There are some videos on how to remove e clips. Like this one: th-cam.com/video/XR4sVjOXngk/w-d-xo.html I think you should be able to get it off with basically any tool that can push on the two ends of the clip. Good luck :)
You can use a flat hand screw driver, put in one of the space between the e clip and the axle, turn the screw drive to force it open more, and then try the same with the other space. During this time, the axle may rotate, to counter that, find the flat-head like space in the axle, use another flathead screw driver to hold on to it. Within a minute, someone mechanically challenged like me can get the e clip removed.
Thank you for the question Antonio! I assume you mean the bearing that is inside the hub of the wheel shown at 1:55 (and not the bearing inside the plastic part that is part of the break). To be honest I am not entirely sure since I have never removed it. If I would guess, I would guess it's just put there by force using a technique called "press fit". If you google "press fit bearing" and search here on TH-cam there are explanations on how that works. Here is one: th-cam.com/video/J4gpLYo0vyw/w-d-xo.html 1,5 years have passed since I made the video. I now know that this type of hub is common on rear wheels for wheelchair. There are tools and videos on how to replace bearing on a rear wheel for wheelchairs. Like this one: th-cam.com/video/VGWj7X3kwaQ/w-d-xo.html Because I have not tried removing this particular bearing I don't know how much force would be needed. It might be possible to hammer it out without a specific tool. Basically taking a steel pipe. Inserting it from the narrower end (inner side if I remember correctly). And using a hammer on the steel pipe to push out the bearing. Something like this: th-cam.com/video/VkY879pMafE/w-d-xo.html To fit a new bearing inside the wheel you will need to reverse the process. Pushing the new bearing into the hub. Either with something like the tool shown in the video I linked above about replacing the bearing on a wheelchair rear wheel. Or with some other tool. Here is some inspiration: th-cam.com/video/HGfvO-ztoT4/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/VUtiiGJs6rE/w-d-xo.html Good luck! Feel free to report back on how it went. Failed attempts are also about learning. Perhaps you want to make a video about it? :)
Thanks Goran for taking time out to answer my question. You’re right, the bearing I was talking about is the one inside the hub. I will check all the info you shared with me and I will let you know. Greetings, Antonio
Hi Goran. I know it's a while ago since you did this, but don't suppose you know what size etc spokes they are? I have two snapped ones and am looking to get new ones.
Unfortunately I don’t know. But if you are going to replace them yourself I assume you have a spoke wrench :) Because if you do you could remove one of the non-broken spokes. The recommended option for measuring spokes is to remove one from the same side of the wheel as the broke one and measure it. The length might be different between the two sides of the wheel. The manufacturer could also have changed something from one year to another so relying on some guy from TH-cam might steer you wrong ;) Usually I just bring the spoke I removed to my local bike shop, they measure it and give me one with the same length and thickness. In case your bike shop doesn’t have spokes this short you might need to call around to find a bike shop with a tool to cut spokes to length and, most importantly, make new threads.
Mctin Thank you. I was definitely trying to not make any unnecessary noise. This was shoot around midnight while the rest of the family was asleep. You can actually hear a short baby sound somewhere in the middle of the video. Let me know if some part was hard to understand and I'll do a transcript. Come to think of it, maybe I could add subtitles. I'll look into it!
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That is obvious why he is whispering, the baby is asleep
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Thanks for the video. FYI for those wondering, the lock ring can easily be removed using a nose plier. For mine, I just pushed the tips of the nose plier into the 2 curvy gaps between the lock ring & the axle and then flicked the plier very lightly, and the lock ring came loose & flew across the room.
Yep. 5 seconds to yoke it off, 20 minutes to find where it landed...
Thanks a lot for posting this. Our brand new Thule Chariot trailer has a lot of play in the wheels and now I know how to fix it (by tightening the nyloc nut on the outer face).
Thank you for taking the time to do this video. Our wheel came off the chariot today, I was about to go to the bike shop. Your video saved me an unnecessary service bill, thank you!
thank you! I was struggling to get the axle out of the wheel. the quick release thing helped me understand - finally!
Thanks! Saved me $120 (shop quote).
Wow, thanks for this! And thanks for measuring everything!
My pleasure! Hope you managed to repair your wheel. Feel free to add additional information.
Great job Goran!
Thanks heaps! Now i can true one wheel, and tighten up the massive play in the other. And once the lock ring was removed, it was easy to gently push the axle through to get the cover to pop off.
Glad I could help! :)
Thx Goran, it help me a lot :) BTW this plastic cover you could take off very easily, just need some sharp tool and pull it off.
I'm glad the video helped you! I've gotten so much help from other peoples videos here on TH-cam and was very surprised that there was none on the topic of how to take apart the wheel for this type of trailer :)
You're right, the plastic cover is easy to remove with something sharp. It can also be removed by pushing it from the other side once the axel is removed.
great video!
My quick release got stuck "open", so the wheel doesn't stuck.
I pulled it manually with a pliers from under the dust cover.
I put some WD40 in the quick release , because it feels like some sort of spring inside got stuck.
Do someone know if only the quick release could be bought as spare part?
Perfect video. Now i can change both axle on my Thule. After pulling up the dust cover, need some new ? Or can use the old one ? thanks a lot from germany
I would use the old one. Don't see any reason to change it. It's basically just a plastic lid that offers some basic protection from splashes of water and dust.
Thank you so much
Hi Goran, thanks a lot for this video! I have the Thule Chariot CX2, and both wheels have developed significant play over the last weeks/months. It's clear the lock nut needs to be tightened to remove play and adjust bearing preload, but I haven't managed to get access to the nut. So I have a small question; what tool did you use to remove the lock ring at the inner side? My hope is to remove that and push the mechanism out along with the rubber cap cover. I have tried to pry the cap cover with something sharp as suggested by others here but it doesn't pop off, it seems somehow glued to some sort of exterior lip (?). I don't want to carry on and break it just yet. Really annoying that Thule does not provide any official service instructions for this proprietary mechanism ... Cheers and thanks a lot! Jonathan.
Hi Jonathan and thank you for the question. I assume you mean the lock ring that I put back on about 12:28 in the video. To be honest it's mostly about gentle force, some courage and tons of patience :) It's been two years since I opened the wheel so I don't remember exactly how I did it. Probably just pushing it off from the side. The lock ring that was on my wheel is of a type called "e clip". There are some videos on how to remove e clips. Like this one: th-cam.com/video/XR4sVjOXngk/w-d-xo.html
I think you should be able to get it off with basically any tool that can push on the two ends of the clip.
Good luck :)
You can use a flat hand screw driver, put in one of the space between the e clip and the axle, turn the screw drive to force it open more, and then try the same with the other space. During this time, the axle may rotate, to counter that, find the flat-head like space in the axle, use another flathead screw driver to hold on to it. Within a minute, someone mechanically challenged like me can get the e clip removed.
Hi Goran, thanks for the video. Just one question. How do you remove the second bearing you show in the video? Greetings. Antonio
Thank you for the question Antonio!
I assume you mean the bearing that is inside the hub of the wheel shown at 1:55 (and not the bearing inside the plastic part that is part of the break).
To be honest I am not entirely sure since I have never removed it. If I would guess, I would guess it's just put there by force using a technique called "press fit". If you google "press fit bearing" and search here on TH-cam there are explanations on how that works.
Here is one: th-cam.com/video/J4gpLYo0vyw/w-d-xo.html
1,5 years have passed since I made the video. I now know that this type of hub is common on rear wheels for wheelchair. There are tools and videos on how to replace bearing on a rear wheel for wheelchairs.
Like this one: th-cam.com/video/VGWj7X3kwaQ/w-d-xo.html
Because I have not tried removing this particular bearing I don't know how much force would be needed. It might be possible to hammer it out without a specific tool. Basically taking a steel pipe. Inserting it from the narrower end (inner side if I remember correctly). And using a hammer on the steel pipe to push out the bearing.
Something like this: th-cam.com/video/VkY879pMafE/w-d-xo.html
To fit a new bearing inside the wheel you will need to reverse the process. Pushing the new bearing into the hub. Either with something like the tool shown in the video I linked above about replacing the bearing on a wheelchair rear wheel. Or with some other tool. Here is some inspiration: th-cam.com/video/HGfvO-ztoT4/w-d-xo.html
and
th-cam.com/video/VUtiiGJs6rE/w-d-xo.html
Good luck!
Feel free to report back on how it went. Failed attempts are also about learning.
Perhaps you want to make a video about it? :)
Thanks Goran for taking time out to answer my question.
You’re right, the bearing I was talking about is the one inside the hub.
I will check all the info you shared with me and I will let you know.
Greetings,
Antonio
Hi Goran. I know it's a while ago since you did this, but don't suppose you know what size etc spokes they are? I have two snapped ones and am looking to get new ones.
Unfortunately I don’t know. But if you are going to replace them yourself I assume you have a spoke wrench :) Because if you do you could remove one of the non-broken spokes.
The recommended option for measuring spokes is to remove one from the same side of the wheel as the broke one and measure it. The length might be different between the two sides of the wheel.
The manufacturer could also have changed something from one year to another so relying on some guy from TH-cam might steer you wrong ;)
Usually I just bring the spoke I removed to my local bike shop, they measure it and give me one with the same length and thickness.
In case your bike shop doesn’t have spokes this short you might need to call around to find a bike shop with a tool to cut spokes to length and, most importantly, make new threads.
Good job but you are whispering.
Mctin Thank you. I was definitely trying to not make any unnecessary noise. This was shoot around midnight while the rest of the family was asleep. You can actually hear a short baby sound somewhere in the middle of the video.
Let me know if some part was hard to understand and I'll do a transcript.
Come to think of it, maybe I could add subtitles. I'll look into it!
That is obvious why he is whispering, the baby is asleep