Riccar Caster Wheel Assembl...
$6.99
Product details
This caster wheel assembly is built for the Sun and Jill canister vacuums, part C361-0600. The two are sister machines sold under different names, the Sun as a Riccar and the Jill as a Simplicity, and a caster like this carries the canister's full weight with every push so the body rolls rather than drags behind you.
Casters on a canister see harder use than most people realize. The wheel is small, so the load per square inch of contact is high, and the stem connecting it to the body takes a side load every time the canister is pulled at an angle instead of straight back. Over time the wheel can flat-spot, the axle pin can wear loose in its socket, or the assembly can crack at the stem where it meets the housing. Any of these shows up the same way: the canister starts to drag, pull to one side, or catch at the edge of a rug instead of rolling over it.
This assembly ships complete, so nothing needs to be salvaged from the caster being replaced. Because the Sun and Jill line spans more than one canister build, and this listing does not carry a published model breakdown, check the caster mount on your machine against the housing shape of C361-0600 before ordering, or compare it directly to the part coming off. A caster that is close in size but mounts differently will not seat correctly even if the wheel itself looks the same.
- Part number: C361-0600
- Type: complete caster wheel assembly
- Application: Riccar Sun and Simplicity Jill canister vacuums
- Sold: each
Replacement is a simple swap once the old caster is off: the stem presses or clips into the base housing depending on how your model is built, so brace the housing rather than the caster itself when working it free, to avoid cracking the mounting boss.
