Hoover Wheel Shaft Upright
$9.99
Product details
When an upright suddenly feels harder to push, squeals faintly, or drifts toward one side on bare flooring, the cause is more often a bent wheel shaft than a bad wheel itself. Part 32541007 is that shaft, the axle the rear wheel rides on inside Hoover uprights, and it is a wear item precisely because it is the point where the machine's full weight meets the floor at every push.
Years of load eventually bend the shaft or wear it oval, and once that happens the wheel sits at a slight angle, drags instead of rolling freely, and eventually can work loose from the base entirely if the wear goes unaddressed.
Coverage is long. It fits the Hoover U5458900, U5458910, U5467900, U5468, U5468900, U5470900, U5471900, U5472900, U5473900, U5481900, U5491900 and U5491950, plus UH30070 and UH40110. The same shaft serves the U5145900, U5150900, U5154900, U5155900, U5156900, U5402900, U5444900, U8171900, U8172900, U8173900, U8174900, U8181900, U8183900, U8185900, U8187900, U8188900, UH30015, UH30030HD and UH40080, and the coverage extends to the Oreck UR30075, along with the Royal CR50005, UR30075 and UR30085.
- Part: 32541007
- Function: rear wheel axle shaft
- Symptom: heavier push, squeal, or a wheel that leans or drags
- Before you order: confirm your model against the fitment list, since a shaft that is even slightly wrong for your machine will not seat correctly in the wheel mount
Replacing the shaft alone, before the wheel or its bore wears further, is the cheaper repair and usually the one that actually fixes the drag. It slides out of and back into the wheel mount with no special tooling.