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Howdy all,
Had my rower for about 3 years now, only put 2,500,000m on it at this stage, but when I push off with my foot is starting to making a clicking/cracking sound under the ball of my foot. Anyone else had this problem and if so how did you remedy it? I can't imagine it's time to replace the foot plates just yet seeing as I've only had it 3 years.

Have you checked the torque on the various fasteners holding things together in that area? I'd start there.

Also, if you have someone else who can lend an ear, perhaps they can pinpoint the exact spot that's making the noise.

Good Luck

May not be the same issue, but by shear coincidence I managed to break my RH step during my sprint session on Tuesday. I replaced my original model C with this D at the end of 2018 - its done ca 12MM since. Taking the 7 cross head screw out from the step top reveals the inside. The step is actually held on with just two fairly small bolts and I'd managed to break the head of the lower one.

I then had to dismantle all of the step area to see what I could get at to attempt a fix, but unfortunately the threaded part of the bolt was still in the hanger and I've never been very successful at drilling out broken bolts so things looked bleak.


Nevertheless a quick search and I saw that C2 have both the hanger and bolts available from stock for peanuts. So I ordered late on Tuesday night. I emailed them after ordering to ask for an express service if possible and they contacted me on Wednesday to pay a little more for the courrier and promised to get it out. The parts turned up today and I was able to refit before my session this evening - another bit of excellent service from C2 and only one day missed from my schedule. Well done them.

Back on topic....maybe worth removing the plastic top footplates to see inside and check your two bolts on each side are tight. Both steps go into the same hanger which is free to rotate so you need 2x 9/16th sockets or spanners so that you can hold one side while the other is tightened. Also may be worth noting that the narrower section of the hanger pokes through the plastic step side and has a metal reinforcement behind - its important to make sure its all properly aligned so that the hanger is properly seated into the holes and you can get the bolts tight and everything sits flush together. HTH

On all machinery, wobbles and clicks are signs something needs tightening now. C types also have a D ring between rail and head. When that clicks I use a 500g hammer on it and a 4mm socket spanner on the screws. Maybe I'd do better to use Loctite on them.

contdrift86 wrote: ↑

December 7th, 2023, 7:41 pm

Howdy all,
Had my rower for about 3 years now, only put 2,500,000m on it at this stage, but when I push off with my foot is starting to making a clicking/cracking sound under the ball of my foot. Anyone else had this problem and if so how did you remedy it? I can't imagine it's time to replace the foot plates just yet seeing as I've only had it 3 years.

Have the same on the left side sometimes. Probably I should follow the advices in this thread as well
4.2mm right now.

Turns out it was just some loose screws. Took the footplate off, looked underneath, couldn’t see anything, but it back on and tightened the screws and no more clicking.