Treadmill care: how to lubricate, procedure

The availability of home sports in recent years has grown rapidly, and now you will not surprise anyone with a simulator Torneopeacefully adjacent to, say, a sofa. But when buying it, in no case should you forget that, like any equipment, it also needs systematic care.

For example, a popular treadmill requires lubrication and prefers silicone over everything else. It is important to know this at the purchase stage so that the shell does not fail after six months of active use.

How to lubricate a mechanical treadmill

purity.bigbadmole.com/en/ experts recommend using only 100% silicone grease for all types of treadmills. All the rest are categorically not suitable for them. Particularly dangerous for such simulators are oil-based lubricants and mineral oils. Therefore, about any engine oil or WD-40 is out of the question.

The easiest, most reliable and safest option is specialized tools for treadmills. They are not expensive, they are easy enough to find, and instructions for use are available on the package.

Most frequently recommended lubricants:

• Efele (exclusively for treadmills)
• Molykote Separator Spray (more universal and most convenient to use, but also a more expensive tool).

Also, in order to tough and not quite rational savings, you can replace specialized tools with other options for silicone greases, but the portal purity.bigbadmole.com/en/ does not recommend doing this on an ongoing basis. Due to inefficiency and the need for more thorough and frequent processing by them.

How to lubricate a mechanical treadmill

First of all, you should read the instructions for the treadmill. Most often, there is all the necessary information on how to do this and how often. And only after that you can start lubrication.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Loosen the screws that adjust the web tension.
2. Remember the speed at which the screws were loosened.
3. Spray silicone grease evenly under the blade.
4. Spread grease on deck.
5. Center the blade if necessary.
6. Tighten the screws exactly the number of revolutions by which they were loosened.
7. Scroll the blade slowly a few times to distribute the grease.
8. Wipe off the grease with a rag / napkin if it protrudes at the edges.

Also, experts recommend that before starting to run on the just greased track, walk a little quietly to assess whether everything is done correctly and get used to the new course of the canvas.

Buying simulators is not difficult and not very expensive, as is basic care for them. And in the treadmill lubrication at home, there is nothing extraordinary either. The frequency of the procedure depends on how intensively the device is used. This is the key to a long service of the simulator and its canvas.