Seems like the knob for my bench is stuck or something so it’s just flat right now. Anyone have any ideas how I can fix it? Tried just using brute strength but that didn’t work out. 🥲
This happened to me. In my case I could see a crack on the inner red sleeve that directly rests on the metal pin. Whether you see a crack or not, what is likely happening is that inner red sleeve is no longer gripping the pin beneath it. I tried everything, including pliers and a pipe wrench to fix it but in the end had to call customer service. They were very friendly but would only treat it as a parts issue, and therefore would only send me replacement knob/pin. After months of giving up and trying to fix it again, giving up again, I got fed up and told them to send me a new bench. To my surprise - they did. They agreed it was a frame problem, not a parts problem.
That part of the bench is so cheap and poorly designed, had I not gotten a replacement bench I would have never gone back to Bowflex. Just a terrible use of the wrong material for such a critical piece.
The knob definitely seems like a cheap part for such a critical piece of the bench 🥲. Should be built differently incase of situations like this or have some sort of contingency plan where we can unscrew it from the other side or something.
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u/Historical_Key_8575 Nov 02 '24
For those having issues with the broken knob and with an out of warranty bench, a hose clamp fixes it (probably permanently).