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Anonymous Posted on May 27, 2011

The back wheels of my pram seem to slant inwards. starting to get really hard to push pram. please help!

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Hi,

This sounds like your axle washers are bent. I would suggest that you get replacement axles and starlocks. You can usually get these on eBay.

Hope this helps.

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