Originally Posted by
hydrogen
Holy, you guys make it sound like it is a difficult and laborious process. FYI, it's my Samsonite FLite, and I don't think I can find any accessible screws. Is there easier way to solve this without essentially taking the bag apart?
Frankly, no. You
could try a squirt of teflon lube (or similar) up into the wheels and see if that flushes anything out (see your local cycle shop for aerosol teflon lube).
Originally Posted by
hydrogen
This bag is less than 2 years old, and I'd like to solve this problem sometime soon. Last time I traveled with it, it was first off the belt, and I'm quite sure that I annoyed everyone at the bag claim as it has a nails-on-chalkboard high pitch screech.
It depends what's causing the squeak. With an old suitcase I had, the axle through one of the wheels had bent slightly. No amount of oiling was going to fix that, but I picked up some new skate wheels and replaced the whole lot.
That was only a few minutes' work though - the screws (once you find them) really are pretty easy to remove & replace.
This video might be useful;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIMdcZtgNDg