One Wheel Plus Magnetic Resistance for a of a Rotation & Audible Thudding
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The wheel no longer spins smoothly and makes an audible noise while riding which sounds like a low pitch thump every rotation of the tire. When turning the board off and trying to free spin it, it seems to spin fine, and then gets hung up for a tiny portion of the rotation, and to me feels magnetic. Could the magnets be unaligned? If so what does fixing that consist of? I bought new bearings but I'm not so sure that's the issue anymore. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The board has around 900 miles, and a brand new tire.
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@jordan5100 -- Hi. Simple things first: My guess is you've already ruled out fender rubs or nubs under the fender; made sure the bolts holding the wheel to the rails are torqued evenly each/both sides; and checked for tyre irregularities.
Personally, not being sure of myself opening up the motor, if it was mine I'd probably trade out the whole motor for another. If you are adventuresome -- you could part the stator and hub, and you could probably find a stator (or hub) to remedy the problem. Or, once open, the source of the noise might then be clear, and a solution will work its way into your head (and hands).
Again, though, I'm more of a Onewheel rider than a technician of Onewheel insides, and to me, to minimize board down time I'd swap out motors for one kept in my reserve jumble of parts for just this kind of situation.
Others in the OWForum here are more detail oriented!
