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From: silberma@agrigene.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Re: Squeaky wagon wheels (possible solution)
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Date: Mon, 30-Dec-85 11:53:16 EST
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> Does anyone have any ideas short of
> plastic bushings or some such to stop the squeak??
> 
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> Pat Sullivan - {akgua|akguc|ihnp4}!sortac!pls - voice 404-257-7382

I had a similar problem and solved it with two pieces of teflon tubing.
I cut both pieces just slightly less than the width of the wheel, in-
seted one piece over the axle, and the other (slightly larger diameter)
in the wheel hole.  I secured the whole thing with a wooden cotter pin.
The "bushings" did not show and the squeaks were gone.  Plastic supply
stores usually have this material as scrap. 

Before I resorted to bushings, I tried everything from a teflon spray
that is used as a drawer lubricant, to Vaseline.  The bushings were
the only thing I found that worked.