The present invention relates to a method of cleaning a multidirectional wheel, wherein the wheel has a wheel body which is rotatable about an axis and has a plurality of rotating bodies which are located at the outer periphery of the wheel body and which form the running surface of the wheel, wherein the wheel body has at least one hollow space which has at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening for a flushing fluid and wherein the method comprises the introduction of a flushing fluid through the inlet opening into the at least one hollow space of the wheel body and the washing around of the rotating body by the flushing fluid after the discharge of the flushing fluid from the outlet opening.
