B McBride

Robert Ray wrote:If the screw is actually in wood and you can remove the wheel from the axle a regular drill bit might screw the remaining portion out. Are you sure it is not a set screw? sometimes two set screws are used, one securing the wheel to axle and the secondary one locking the first set screw in place.

I can’t remove the wheel from the axel. Husband got the crank fixed a year or two ago by a welder and then screwed the wheel back to the axel. I’ll try to see what I can do. Thank you for the information!

I have a broken screw that is in my wheel and the hole in the wheel looks stripped inside as well. It is a secondhand wheel that has lasted me a few years, but hadn’t been the same since our move.

It is a handmade wheel and I have no way to contact the man who made it (I believe he passed away as well). How can I get the broken piece of screw out of the wheel and insert another through stripped wood, without breaking anything?

It is the screw that holds the wheel to the crank(?). I had no idea why it was making noise when I spun recently and then the top 3/4 or so of the screw fell out.

Any help is appreciated. I don’t have much money, so I was hoping my husband or I could fix it.

Thank you!