Fixing Wheel Wobble

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by Jeff Backes & Jim Wilcox

I found a very good way to remove the wobble over the weekend.

At the Sunnyvale polo match Sunday, Steve from Oakland was working on a kickstand and mentioned a pry-bar he had started using to fix wobbles and the technique he found effective.

Jim and I went over to OSH and purchased a three foot pry-bar.

Tools needed:

  • Pry-bar
  • Carpenter's square

Steps:

  • Place the Segway on its side bad wheel facing up
  • Hold the square against the battery, rotate the wheel to find the low spot
  • Rotate the wheel so the low spot is at the very bottom of the segway
  • Place pry-bar all the way up under the transmission and lift up
  • You have to lift up at least twice as high as that part of the wheel is low
  • Repeat starting at step 2 until the wheel is wobble free

We were able to remove a serious wobble in less than 5 minutes.

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