{"id":35414,"date":"2020-05-25T15:55:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T15:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=35414"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:17:15","slug":"wahoo-kickr-18-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wahoo-kickr-18-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"Wahoo Kickr 18 Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Wahoo Kickr 18 Repair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have had Wahoo turbo trainers for the last few years. The first being the Kickr Snap<\/a> which worked well but its resistance would fluctuate quite a bit depending on tyre pressure and air temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I decided in January 2019 to get a wheel off Kickr 18<\/a> as I really like riding on Zwift and the wheel off meant that I could almost fit and forget. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within a couple of weeks the unit began to display the clunking and clicking that many units had suffered. The flywheel was also running with a bit of a wobble. A replacement arrived a few days after raising a support ticket and submitting a short video of the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been using that replacement ever since and have covered almost 2000km on it for almost the last year and a half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week it started to make a few slight noises that I didn’t like the sound of and a vibration could be detected through the pedals. The noise was a slight click and a rubbing\/squeal from the belt drive. The squeal was noticeable when the flywheel was coming to a stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

As it turns out is seems that the noises the Wahoo Kickr had been making had been developing for some time but as it was gradual I didn’t really notice straight away until it was pretty bad. I didn’t realise this until it was fixed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the current world wide lockdown situation all makes of turbo trainers are in high demand and I didn’t want to be in a situation of being without a trainer. Or even worse receive an equally broken replacement as a few users on social media have reported. Wahoo are also no longer sending out the DIY repair kit (K118).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now to save you reading on I have diagnosed and fixed the issue with parts that are readily available and using tools that I had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are lots of great videos online that show the Kickr taken apart so I haven’t bothered to show that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kickr have acknowledged there is an issue with some units. It looks like my replacement unit also fell within the window of the dodgy batch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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