Continuing Thread: What Are You Fix-It'ing Today?

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Remounting wheels on a vacuum cleaner. After 8 years or so the tabs on the hub got brittle and started to snap off, allowing the wheels to part company with the chassis. I dropped in to the dealer and he said he would order a couple of new wheels for me. Later he advised me there was only one in the warehouse and it would be a week or so arriving. When I stopped to pick it up, we quickly realized there had been a design change and there was no way this wheel could be adapted. The poor guy could only apologize for the waste of my time.
Plan B: I bored out the wheel centers and used epoxy to secure bushings. That went well. Next step is cementing a nut in the center of the mounting position on the machine.
This isn't the first time I have done this. Thirty years ago the same thing happened with a Kenmore machine. It got the same fix, but I scrapped it when the motor packed it in.
A few years ago I was thrilled to see a sign for an Electrolux dealer. I was soon disappointed when I was advised they no longer sold vacuum cleaners, just kitchen appliances.