{"id":39778,"date":"2021-04-29T20:07:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T19:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=39778"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:15:08","slug":"broken-wahoo-kickr-how-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/broken-wahoo-kickr-how-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken Wahoo Kickr &#8211; How Bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What happens if your Wahoo Kickr breaks and you keep riding it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Biggs  managed to get a cheap Wahoo Kickr that the original owner had listed as damaged and needing repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Kickr had suffered the classic loose woodruff key which led to lots of banging and clunking when the trainer was used. The loose key means that the bearings can move in a way they aren&#8217;t meant to, which means they eventually fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following images and words are from Kevin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guy ran the trainer for me and it had the usual clonking noise. When I got it home and the cover off it wasn\u2019t obvious what the problem was. 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the fly-wheel shaft had been spinning on a seized bearing, it had also worn a groove in the steel of the shaft the width of the bearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"39781\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/broken-wahoo-kickr-how-bad\/shaft-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shaft-1-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Nokia 3.4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.61&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1116&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.07&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shaft-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shaft-1-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shaft-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shaft-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shaft-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shaft-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shaft-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shaft-1-676x901.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shaft-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Broken Wahoo Kickr &#8211; How Bad?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To complete a \u2018temporary\u2019 repair, I shimmed the inside of a new bearing with a thin sheet of copper and put a crush washer on the pulley side of the bearing. I filed the back of the aluminium pulley to remove the burrs and get it flat, also needed to file the key a little shorter so it didn\u2019t protrude beyond the locking surface of the pulley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"39783\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/broken-wahoo-kickr-how-bad\/repair-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-1-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Nokia 3.4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.61&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;963&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.07&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"repair-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-1-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-1-676x901.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Broken Wahoo Kickr &#8211; How Bad?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"39782\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/broken-wahoo-kickr-how-bad\/repair-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-2-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Nokia 3.4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.61&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1238&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"repair-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-2-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-2-676x901.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/repair-2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Broken Wahoo Kickr &#8211; How Bad?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reassembled, it runs great, although the crush washer is a little too wide and the pulley just rubs against the cover; so I\u2019m running it with it off at the moment. So I\u2019ve done a few miles on Zwift and it running smooth and quiet, long term repair will be to rebuild the diameter of the shaft with JB Weld and remachine, then install with a shim washer to centre the pulley on the belt line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens if your Wahoo Kickr breaks and you keep riding it? Kevin Biggs managed to get a cheap Wahoo Kickr that the original owner had listed as damaged and needing repair. This Kickr had suffered the classic loose woodruff key which led to lots of banging and clunking when the trainer was used. 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