Anonymous Posted on Aug 27, 2012

Resistance on elliptical acting weird

I have a proform elliptical exerciser. The resistance was not working at all - it stays on one resistance. I changed the tension motor and it's still the same thing. I changed the console and now the resistance works. But the funny thing is that when the resistance shows 10 on the console, the magnets are farthest from the wheel and therefore low resistance. When the resistance shows 1 on the console, the magnets are closest to the wheel and therefore the highest resistance to pedal.... I need some help.

Anonymous Aug 30, 2012

can anybody tell me which way to connect the cable to the tension motor? clockwise or anti-clockwise...
Igor Pribysh Oct 17, 2013

My elliptical had the same problem due to the cable not being attached to the motor correctly, After fixing this, I had the same issue with resistance being the lowest at the highest setting and vice versa. To fix this, I had to reconnect the cable so that the motor pulls the magnet away from the wheel when I decrease the resistance on the console (you'll need someone to assist you by pessing the plus and minus buttons while you figure out which way the motor turns the pulley, to which the cable is attached.

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1) tight the bolts tension for magnet and clean very well. and proof..if the fail
2) go to test the magnet, use again the magnet from your refrigerator magnet, for attraction and repulsion. If do not pass the TEST replace the magnet in any Hardware such home depot, etc.
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