Help fix my suitcase?

[waffles2]

Not sure if this is the best place place to post, so bear with me.

I’m on the road quite a bit for work and pleasure and have a beloved suitcase. This thing has done many miles with me (300k+). This past week the bearings in the wheels gave out, more like seized up. So, it’s time for a rebuild.

I have new bearings that work really well. Happy with that. Now I need spacers (2x of same part) for it to work properly. Anyone with a small lathe and some ABS, delrin, or nylon want to take a jab at it? Final dimensions don’t need to be perfect, so it’s a great opportunity to learn.

I’ll throw together a drawing and post them here tomorrow.

[flyweightnate]

McMaster has precut spacers, and even some hardware stores might. But yeah... we got some crazies with lathes around here too.

What kind of bearings did you get? I really like bearings...

[waffles2]

The spacers are kinda unique. I have zero tools. They need to be 6.2mm ID, 12.5mm OD, 13mm long with a step down at the end.

I, too, love bearings. I wish I could find nice bearings but these have to be 6x22x7mm bearings, a weird size. If you can find decent ones for a reasonable price (this is a suitcase after all), let me know.

[flyweightnate]

636 is your ISO size... 636-ZZ to keep the grease in.
Misumi has them but for $9 ea. You probably just need Amazon quality, 10 for $9.

[jokers]

I don't suppose something like this with a skateboard bearing would work? https://www.flightattendantshop.com/...pacers-4-pack/
A skateboard bearing is 8 x 22 x 7 and that spacer is designed to shrink the id to 6. Full disclosure I have not used it and have no idea on the safety of the website or anything else it was just the first likely google result.

[flyweightnate]

I'm not the best on a lathe, but if you want to shoot me a print I might be able to find something. Not sure if I have any nylon, though, and I know PVC is sticky and stringy... might be aluminum if I make 'em unless you want to send over a bar of acetal.