Found it. These fit perfectly but I did not like the black rubber wheels and switched them out to a hard gray plastic.
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Re: Marquipt wheels for stairs
SEVEN
1979 53' MY Hull #563
Antioch, California
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Re: Marquipt wheels for stairs
I got the same in black. Wasn't a fan of the hard plastic but they might wear slower.
ENUFF. 1983 53MY.Hull #617 Barnegat Light Nj.
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Re: Marquipt wheels for stairs
The black rubber left black skid marks all over the dock. The ones shown on this post in red is similar to the gray ones I have.
SEVEN
1979 53' MY Hull #563
Antioch, California
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01-18-2020 09:29 AM #14
Re: Marquipt wheels for stairs
Did these stems work? I went into a caster shop (who would have thought?) and they tracked down the original manufacturer of the Marquip set. they were custom made, and marquip owns the part.
If the stem fits with out the compression ring why not drill a 1/4" hole thru the cup, and stem and pin them with a quick disconnect?Last edited by riverrandy; 01-18-2020 at 09:34 AM.
riverrandy
1975 64' MY Hull# 305
Merritt Island, FL
Cape Crossing Marina
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04-23-2021 05:09 PM #16Senior Member
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Re: Marquipt wheels for stairs
John,
How are those precision bearings holding up in the salt air?--I was at lowes today looking at 4 of them for my ladder--my original stainless casters are fine but the original wheel urethane tread is shot from UV cracking on all for wheels.
I've looked all over for 4in x 1/25in wheels with the simple through bolt bearing with/or without the SS sleeve, but can't find.Cheers,
Eric
BREAKAWAY 1990 Hatteras 52CMY
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Re: Marquipt wheels for stairs
Have a brother in law that is a machinist. Turn the caster shaft down or bore the ladder wheel receiver.
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Re: Marquipt wheels for stairs
The tricky part is getting the old ones out. Ours were frozen in and eventually I bolted in new stainless ones after cutting out the old ones and their carrier tubes then building up from the bottom step to accept the caster platform.
Regards
Dan
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Re: Marquipt wheels for stairs
i drilled a hole above the caster and beat it out. The other three came out easy. My dock was a mess after a weekend using my stairs with the new wheels so at some point will need to swap out the black rubber wheels with something else. My stairs are rarely used so it’s no big deal. I thought about getting a sheet of SS and attach to the dock where the wheels touch.
ENUFF. 1983 53MY.Hull #617 Barnegat Light Nj.
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04-26-2021 09:49 AM #20Senior Member
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Re: Marquipt wheels for stairs
The “red”wheels I mentioned 15 months ago have held up well and no problems with the bearings.
John McCarley
Water Colors - 1986 63 MY
Wrightsville Beach NC