Of course everything has a history to the commenter who stated this. The wheel as you may recall needed replacing for a second time. I chose a sturdier wheel this time round not suspecting the bracket face was different needing re-drilling and a change in position. Well I was able to mark it out and drill new holes and lift the gate so I could get underneath to fasten the nuts and bolts to it. I tried some other ways where I could try it from the top rather than the bottom but it wouldn’t hold on properly. I used my old bolts and nuts on three of the holes and fixed the wheel so it could move as it was meant to.

     I did this although the bolts were longer as they needed to go through a half inch of timber first. As such the bolts lay along side the base prohibiting the swivel effect it could have. In the end this was not necessary as the position of wheel was not at the very edge but a quarter of the way in which works well. It is a secondary gate mainly to keep the dogs inside whilst we garden or water our side-way plants or for a number of other reasons or jobs being done such as a contractor or delivery needing access. It ended up with having finished it with only three bolts and for the life of me could not find the last one. I went in to see my neighbour who I thought may have some spares in his shed. I was proved right but had no idea he had so much there were two wooden boxes full of assorted nuts and bolts as well as screws. He came over being curious to see my job at hand and saw it being propped up on a brick.

     We went into the backyard with a three sixteenth bolt with a couple of nuts and washes. I tried to thread it through after he thought he had managed to place it rigidly through the hole. The timber and metal holes I could see but not clearly. I thought I would first re-drill the timber and enlarge the diameter as well. I placed the bolt in the hole again but could see the metal part needed to be drilled again as the factory set size was not big enough so I did . The bolt still have problems from underneath so I was advised to try the top and as it was a snug fit I did this and it worked out well without the need to apply a nut there. The wheel bracket would not give the space for it. The time had come, lift and remove brick and try it out. It was so smooth I was very happy as the wheel rolled well instead of wanting to change directions on a swivel. The wheel only needs work to on an arc smoothly with limited traffic as a rule.