Well,
I found a nice $15 treadmill that *supposedly* worked. I wasn't able to
test it out, but I decided to take a chance on it anyway. When I got it
home and unfolded it, I noticed that the speed adjustment slider was broken
off! After thinking for a second that I got taken, I immediately went into
Cathey mode and thought how could I make it possible to adjust the speed on
this thing! I probed down inside the adjuster's opening using a plastic
adjustment screwdriver for rC car electronic speed controllers, and found
the mechanism that the piece attached to. Then, I was able to get it
running and adjust the speed, hey it works and it's even quiet and
smooth!!!! With the use of a little contact cleaner, I got the mechanism
sliding freely with the screwdriver. I discovered that there was a slot in
the mechanism which allowed me to slide it back and forth, so I tried
running a zip tie through it. I couldn't get it to loop back through and up
the other side to tie it off, so I unscrewed the console far enough to get
my hand in there to guide the tie under and through to the topside. I
synched it tight, cut off the excess, and just like that, instant speed
control that anyone can use! Now that I saved a perfectly good treadmill
from plugging up the landfill, I'll be running on it!
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR, between MB diesels
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