![]() ![]() Home trainers Elite Direto and Tacx Flux are part of this second category. There are two types of smart trainer: roller trainers (or “wheel on” trainers) and direct-drive (or “wheel off”) trainers. These smart trainers communicate directly with Zwift and their resistance is managed by Zwift, allowing it to vary according to the information transmitted by Zwift. At this point I was out of ideas and used a mallet out of frustration, however it worked.With the expansion of apps making indoor cycling a lot more interactive, trainer manufacturers have launched a new generation products. The fly wheel is a delicate piece of metal and requires only a slight tap with a rubber mallet to straighten. ![]() Check yours but my fly wheel is much closer to the metal strip and mounted magnets than it is to the yellow magnets on the opposite side of the fly wheel. Just rotate until you hear the scraping noise and you’ll soon locate the area and which side it catches. My fly wheel was more warped than yours, however I am hoping you should be able to identify the offending part of the warped fly wheel. ( I had broken bits of magnet, magnetised to various parts within the unit and raised magnets scraping on the flywheel as well as a warped fly wheel) So I got to this point with my flux, resolving all the issues and the flux still made a slight rubbing noise when I rotated the flywheel. The only part that moves and comes physically close to the magnets is the fly wheel. The magnets on the first image are clearly damaged. Once/if i get a reply i’ll confirm a cost.Īny further questions please ask and let me know how you get on. I used the chat function with Garmin to request a price for a replacement part for the magnet strip. Gentle taps are your friend! From stripped down position you have the trainer this is an easy fix. Unfortunately the only way i found to correct this was to rotate the flywheel and identify the offending part of the flywheel which touched the magnets either side of the flywheel and gentley tap the flywheel with a rubber mallet until nothing touches when the flywheel rotates. Mine wasn’t straight and required some correction ( In comparison your flywheel on the video doesn’t look too bad). To ensure a satisfactory outcome i wedged a screwdriver against the housing to ensure the housing glued/attached successfully to the flywheel.ģ)Once the metal strip holding the magnets sits flush have a look at the fly wheel. ![]() With my unit the plastic cooling vent had lifted off the fly wheel where its wasn’t screwed down which meant supergluing the plastic housing against the fly wheel. Ensure they sit within the plastic moulding as the moulding is circular shaped and the circle magnets should sit flush when metal strip is screwed into positionĢ)Check the plastic housing on the fly wheel is fully seated against the metal. I removed the loose circle magnets and then used a vice the straighten the metal strip and then superglued the circle magnets in place. If there are loose bits on the circle magnets you’ll need to remove them, the circle magnet on the bottom image nearest the camera looks like there is some material which requires moving.ġ)When the metal strip is screwed into position within the plastic housing the top of the circle magnets should sit flush with the top of the plastic housing, if not you’ll need to straighten the metal strip. If this doesn’t resolve the issue please see the actions I needed to complete before my Flux 2 ran silently.Ĭheck the missing bits from the circle magnets haven’t been caught on the larger cylinder magnets which are yellow. This plastic cooling vent should be attached to the fly wheel and should rotate with the fly wheel. So if my first suggestion doesn’t resolve the issue please look below as to what I needed to do to get my flux 2 to run quietly.įirst please check the plastic housing to the right of the flywheel ( the part the hand is revolving). From the state of the magnets it looks that either the long screws have gone into the position of the smaller screws and pushed the metal strip onto the flywheel or the factory was remiss when they assembled your trainer.
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