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Pftl788071 incline Incline not working. I can switch the red & black wire from the control board & turn on the treadmill & it will automatically incline slightly. The up/down button on the console will not control the incline. When i switch the red & black wire back it will decline automatically. Do i need to replace the incline motor or the wires? Help

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The incline sensor has failed. It is a reed switch snapped into the side of the incline motor, 2 black wires that plug into the controller.. You can buy the sensor separately from the motor. Contact Icon Health and Fitness with your model number.

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Sounds like the button on the panel is stuck somehow, I think this because when you switch the wires this would reverse the polarity to the incline motor.

can you tell if the panel is recognizing the pushing of the incline buttons, like with a beep or light or something? If it didn't seem like it's responding this may be because one button is constantly stuck down.

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  • Posted on Nov 01, 2009

SOURCE: Nordictrack motor will not run when start button is pushed.

Likely the cover of one of the motor brushes popped off. Unplug the machine before you pop it back in place, then try it again.

If that doesn't work, most likely it's the motor control board, or possibly the console, or finally just a loose connection behind the console.


But most likely, it's the motor brush cover. I've been seeing that alot with this model.

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  • Posted on Mar 25, 2010

SOURCE: Treadmill incline error

Try this, it fixed it for me, if it doesn't work let me know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIIxoPtvhy8

I bought a used Precor 9.4 treadmill, but the incline adjustment was not working.
So, I did the following.
1. Turn off, unplug the treadmill and wait for an hour (this is for safety
2. Remove the black motor cover
3. Observe the transformer to the right of the motor and towards the belt ( I point to it in the video)
This transformer converts DC electricity to AC electricity and the AC current goes directly to the Incline motor which is in the black box towards the front of the machine.
4. On mine the wires had come loose from the transformer, they were soldered on very poorly, the wires are stiff and you should be able to see 4 wires coming from the top of the circuit board and plugging into the transformer, I had three of the 4 wires loose.
5. If you are not comfortable working with electronics or soldering DO NOT DO THIS REPAIR, you could get shocked very badly if you just go poking around in there with metal objects, get a friend who knows how to solder or hire someone.

6. It took about 5 minutes I just heated up my $10 soldering gun from radio shack and soldered all the loose wires that were about a millimeter away from the tabs on the back of the transformer, and VOILA! The incline now works!

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 29, 2010

SOURCE: Lifefitness TR 9000 treadmill - 1997 model

Because you are hearing the lift motor making a noise, it sounds like the gears in the motor are bad. The fix is to replace the lift motor.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 29, 2010

SOURCE: Freemotion treadmill incline not going all the way

The problem is either in the lower control board or the lift motor. I would start by replacing the lift motor. Then if that does not fix it, replace the lower control board.

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  • Posted on May 08, 2012

SOURCE: incline and decline wont move, so the belt wont move either. Have a jazfit treadmill

1)LUBE THE DECK BELT, INMEDIATELY.
2) tES THE MOTOR INPUT VOLTAGE, IF THER ARE THE MOTOR NEED REPAIR.
3) tEST THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE BOARD, FOR INPUT VOLTAGE MOTOR, IF THERE ARE NOT THE BOARD IS FAULTY.

4) tRY TO RUN THE SOFTWARE CALIBRITATION.

SINCERELY.GOD BLESS YOU

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