Freelanderuk
Ãœber Member
- Location
- Theddlethorpe , Lincolnshire
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BurningLegs
Guru
No idea what this is showing? Should the largest silver bolt be in a different position or something?? Is the trainer unusable like that?
Brendan Parker
Veteran
- Location
- essex, england
Bolt had sheared off inside the shaft
, I have managed to get it out now by drilling into the bolt then wedging a screwdriver in enough to turn out, was a bit of a bugger as I had locktight it in before.bit of a long story with this particular trainer, it was my third of this model and this one never got collected although I got refunded
so can never be returned to wahoo, (don't mind saying on here now as if they want it come and get it!
). it always had a small vibration problem but after it warmed up it went away or I never noticed while gagging for air, so its just a matter of time before it gives up. think I have fixed it again now thank f@@k, imagine lockdown with no trainer
as everywhere is low on stock. warmed it up for about 15mins and done a spin down and seems ok now. 
Centre bolt head in pulley, sheared off!
<Tommy>
Illegitimi non carborundum
- Location
- Camden, London
I had a bit of a nightmare too... I thought I’d joined the meet up. In fact I’m very sure I did. But apparently I didn’t... so I had to join one of you rather than ride it officially. And that didn’t work out perfectly. There’s a strange dynamic in those groups which is hard to stay with unless your part of it I think. Hopefully you can get discord sorted. It does seem like there’s a few banana skins along the way.
Great talking with @Brusgaard before he went off to race. And @bridgy of course.
sorry I couldn’t get more involved
<Tommy>
Illegitimi non carborundum
- Location
- Camden, London
😄Bolt had sheared off inside the shaft
bit of a long story with this particular trainer, it was my third of this model and this one never got collected although I got refunded
I did wonder when I saw the picture. I could of sworn you said you were done with wahoo when the last one conked out.
Brendan Parker
Veteran
- Location
- essex, england
yer after the courier decided twice to not collect I had a look at some repairs online of the known faults and see if I could have a bash a repairing while waiting for the refund, that came and the rest is history as they say
Brendan Parker
Veteran
- Location
- essex, england
looks very quiet there tonight, nice
Bolt had sheared off inside the shaft
bit of a long story with this particular trainer, it was my third of this model and this one never got collected although I got refunded
If you buy a standard hex head bolt. It doesn't need alot of torque on the bolt, just nip it up. A better securing method is to use Loctite 641 holding compound on the Woodruff key and a little amount on the shaft where the pulley sits. You dont need much to make a strong bond- It can be undone with a little heat
Brendan Parker
Veteran
- Location
- essex, england
I will give this a go, also as I believe this was just a refurb unit after all the returns they had, inside the fly wheel it seems they have part drilled 20mm holes, 2 not quite all the way through to loose some weight from one side? maybe the vibration is the flywheel out of balance???? i meant to get photos but was stressing about the boltIf you buy a standard hex head bolt. It doesn't need alot of torque on the bolt, just nip it up. A better securing method is to use Loctite 641 holding compound on the Woodruff key and a little amount on the shaft where the pulley sits. You dont need much to make a strong bond- It can be undone with a little heat
does this sound right to you?
Freelanderuk
Ãœber Member
- Location
- Theddlethorpe , Lincolnshire
Cheers guys for the ride tonight, enjoyed that tootle ,same time next week?
I will give this a go, also as I believe this was just a refurb unit after all the returns they had, inside the fly wheel it seems they have part drilled 20mm holes, 2 not quite all the way through to loose some weight from one side? maybe the vibration is the flywheel out of balance???? i meant to get photos but was stressing about the bolt
does this sound right to you?
That is how they achieve balance by removing a bit of weight from certain parts of the flywheel.
I believe their balance procedure was poor, not achieving a close balance. The imbalance at 3000rpm trashes the shaft and bearings.
One fella sent his flywheel to be dynamically balanced by a specialist company.
They removed a further 9 grams, it cost him a pretty penny, but from his comments sorted his vibration
I was going to join you for 30/40 minutes before our club TT tonight but I never got an invite!
#sulking
