Just assembled 200, but should the drum bracket mechanism on outside of tire be hooked up to the tire somehow? The instructions don't address this.
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When you are ready to actually spread, you press the rounded end in with your foot. When you start to move forward again, the brackets will come in contact with the studs on the wheel and that's what drives te drum. It's such a simple system that it seems complicated. Don't forget to disengage them when you are done or the next time you leave with a load you will spread the whole load on your driveway as you head to the field, like I have done several times now.
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Not sure what your asking but the bar has a flat tip that slide in the top to tighten the tire on to the machine and the other end is both a handle and used to slip the bead of the tire as you rotate it bracing ir against the middle. It is in the instructions. Other then that the outside is the breaker bar pipe they welded the ends onto.Hope that helps. StephenJP
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I suggest taking the rims and your tires to a tire shop. It's not expensive to have them mount and balance your tires/wheels for you. They will balance it like any other wheel. Their machine will spin the tire/wheel combo to tell them which side and how much weight to add. They will stick on small steel plates to the inside of the rim to balance.
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The instructions were horrible, indeed. You need to install the bracket to the rear wheel. For me, I had to unscrew the rear wheel Quick Release, remove the "skewer rod", place the bracket and then reinstall the Quick Release. It was pretty simple.
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Hey Ross, There should be a direction arrow on the sidewall showing correction direction. I just pulled one off the self & there was do direction arrow on the 26x 2.0 I looked at, how ever they should be mounted so that the sipping (groves in tread) force water away from the center towards the sidewall. So looking at the photo with product, that tire would be rolling towards the camera, if it was rolling away it would pull water into the center of road contact & could result in hydroplaning.
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Interesting question. I don't know although I have serviced my tires dozens of times with no issues. Sorry I know that is not much help...Gadget
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Hey J I park this at a rack with the rear tire in the rack. The bike rack is a poor design. I put the U lock through the frame and rear wheel and to the rack and use the cable to secure the front wheel. It works great. You should have no problems locking it to a rack or a pole or post.
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Wow, Sorry, I am not sure. I assumed mine fell off, but maybe it was stolen as well.I have moved on to different tires and wheels.
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I don't recall having that much detail in my instructions (would have been nice). I just used the lock washers supplied and common sense when I tightened mine up. Sorry DB, that's all I got. I really do like the mine! Good luck man.
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My brother in law built ours but I looked at it and here is what I can tell you. Looking at the bike from the back going from the left side to the right is what I see. The left tire just has the axel pushed in it, then there is 4 inches of exposed axel before the chassis starts, after the chassis there is the black shaft, then a white sprocket that is larger than the sprocket shape inside of the wheel. I called my BIL and he does remember having to force the axel and wheel together but said that the white sprocket that I can visibly see did not fit in the wheel shape. I am not sure if this helps. I have pictures I will try and post if you need them. My brother in law built ours but I looked at it and here is what I can tell you. Looking at the bike from the back going from the left side to the right is what I see. The left tire just has the axel pushed in it, then there is 4 inches of exposed axel before the chassis starts, after the chassis there is the black shaft, then a white sprocket that is larger than the sprocket shape inside of the wheel. I called my BIL and he does remember having to force the axel and wheel together but said that the white sprocket that I can visibly see did not fit in the wheel shape. I am not sure if this... » Read More My brother in law built ours but I looked at it and here is what I can tell you. Looking at the bike from the back going from the left side to the right is what I see. The left tire just has the axel pushed in it, then there is 4 inches of exposed axel before the chassis starts, after the chassis there is the black shaft, then a white sprocket that is larger than the sprocket shape inside of the wheel. I called my BIL and he does remember having to force the axel and wheel together but said that the white sprocket that I can visibly see did not fit in the wheel shape. I am not sure if this helps. I have pictures I will try and post if you need them. « Show Less
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There isn't, if you screw the resistance screw in too much the plastic part covering the back part of the rotating thing, starts to touch your tire and basically it doesn't work. Seems like a serious defect.
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Mine didn't have instructions either. However, as long as you have all of the brackets (mine did NOT) then you can figure it out easily. Perhaps, like mine, yours is missing a bracket. If that is the case, what I did was contact amazon who had one sent to me from the manufacturer. I hope this helps.
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You attach it to the existing spare tire bracket. Easy to install and works great with my 33" tire.
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The long cord needs to be attached to one of your bar handles and then turn the nob toward you or away from you for slow to high speed. If you've done that, there's something wrong with the cord, make sure all pieces are attached properly. The black rotor part should be on the left side with bold attached on bottom of unit, just like the picture. Take proper care of that cord when storing the entire unit so you don't bend it. If you've looked at all attachments, you might have a bad connector cord. Hope that helps and that you get it up and running. Once it's running you'll enjoy riding your bike indoors! =)
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I have not had any issues.... I would loosen the back tire and check the alignment and re-tighten.
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I think tread makes a kinda arrowhead shape so I mounted mine arrowhead pointed foreword from the top of the tire. I could be completely wrong, too though.
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I agree with dgminer; you have to snap it into place. It felt like I was forcing it, and then I gave it a little more elbow grease and it snapped on. You might to rotate it slowly as you try to snap it on.