How to Rebuild a Road Sweeper Main Broom with Wafer & Segment Sections

Wafer vs segment construction

• Wafer brooms — ring-shaped 'wafers' threaded onto the broom tube and spaced to the length you need.
• Segment / bolt-in sections — straight tufted sections that bolt onto a core, common on large municipal sweepers.
• Both let you replace only worn parts and swap fill without buying a whole broom.

Choose the fill

Match the fill to debris: all-poly for general sweeping, poly-and-wire for mixed grit, all-wire for the most compacted dirt. Stackable PP + steel wire wafer sweeping brush sections assemble to any length, while the Broce 10×32 replacement wafer broom is a direct fit for Broce sweepers in all-poly, poly-and-wire or all-wire. For large channel sweepers, the gutter-broom flat-wire tuft section bolts in tuft by tuft.

Build to the right length and pattern

Measure the broom tube length and decide the wafer spacing — tighter spacing means denser sweeping and longer life, wider spacing saves cost. Alternating poly and wire wafers (a 'sandwich' pattern) is a popular way to balance gentle sweeping with scrubbing power.

Frequently asked questions

Can I make a sweeper broom any length?

Yes — wafer brooms are stacked onto the tube, so you build to your exact broom length and choose the wafer spacing to trade off density, cost and wear life.

How do I match a replacement to my sweeper?

Match the wafer outer diameter, the bore (tube) diameter and the fill type. Tell us the sweeper make/model — for example Broce — and we will supply a direct-fit wafer or section.

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