Basic Maintenance

[[old] Annabassand]

I got my own Concept2 (D model) and was wondering: Does the PM3 warn you about maintenance? I know about the 50/250 hour rules, but does the PM3 count total mileage and warn me with a “service” sign, kinda like a car?:-)<br /><br />/Anna<br />

[[old] rspenger]

<!--QuoteBegin-Annabassand+Oct 2 2005, 07:06 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Annabassand @ Oct 2 2005, 07:06 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I got my own Concept2 (D model) and was wondering: Does the PM3 warn you about maintenance? I know about the 50/250 hour rules, but does the PM3 count total mileage and warn me with a “service” sign, kinda like a car?:-)<br /><br />/Anna <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />What are the 50/250 hour rules? My 14 (?) year old Model B has never seen any service other than an occasional rail wiping, but it keeps spinning along, looking very sporty with its new PM3.<br /><br />Bob S.

[[old] mpukita]

<!--QuoteBegin-rspenger+Oct 2 2005, 11:09 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(rspenger @ Oct 2 2005, 11:09 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Annabassand+Oct 2 2005, 07:06 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Annabassand @ Oct 2 2005, 07:06 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I got my own Concept2 (D model) and was wondering: Does the PM3 warn you about maintenance? I know about the 50/250 hour rules, but does the PM3 count total mileage and warn me with a “service” sign, kinda like a car?:-)<br /><br />/Anna <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />What are the 50/250 hour rules? My 14 (?) year old Model B has never seen any service other than an occasional rail wiping, but it keeps spinning along, looking very sporty with its new PM3.<br /><br />Bob S. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Check the manual ... I know that 40-50 hours is chain oil application time-frame.<br /><br />

[[old] jimjayhawk]

<!--QuoteBegin-mpukita+Oct 2 2005, 07:59 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mpukita @ Oct 2 2005, 07:59 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-rspenger+Oct 2 2005, 11:09 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(rspenger @ Oct 2 2005, 11:09 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Annabassand+Oct 2 2005, 07:06 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Annabassand @ Oct 2 2005, 07:06 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I got my own Concept2 (D model) and was wondering: Does the PM3 warn you about maintenance? I know about the 50/250 hour rules, but does the PM3 count total mileage and warn me with a “service” sign, kinda like a car?:-)<br /><br />/Anna <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />What are the 50/250 hour rules? My 14 (?) year old Model B has never seen any service other than an occasional rail wiping, but it keeps spinning along, looking very sporty with its new PM3.<br /><br />Bob S. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Check the manual ... I know that 40-50 hours is chain oil application time-frame. <br /><br />Chain oil????? <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Just kidding! I too have the model B and have to say I've replaced many PM1 batteries over the years, countless seat rollers... and this spring I sprung for a new seat and handle - the handle is a marvelous improvement over the original... <br /><br />Jim S. <br /> </td></tr></table><br />

[[old] c2jonw]

Hi Anna, The PM3 does not give you a service due warning. Just wipe down the monorail after each use and lube the chain every 50 hours. Under home use you should get a lifetime of rowing out of it. JonW

[[old] Annabassand]

<!--QuoteBegin-c2jonw+Oct 3 2005, 12:26 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(c2jonw @ Oct 3 2005, 12:26 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hi Anna,  The PM3 does not give you a service due warning. Just wipe down the monorail after each use and lube the chain every 50 hours. Under home use you should get a lifetime of rowing out of it. JonW <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Yep Rowing for a lifetime was partly why we bought this one instead of the other brands in the first place User interaction/challenges also makes this one heads and shoulders above the rest!<br /><br />We'd better make sure to watch those hours fly by then <br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />/Anna

[[old] rspenger]

<br />[/quote]<br /><br />What are the 50/250 hour rules? My 14 (?) year old Model B has never seen any service other than an occasional rail wiping, but it keeps spinning along, looking very sporty with its new PM3.<br /><br />Bob S. <br />[/quote]<br /><br />Check the manual ... I know that 40-50 hours is chain oil application time-frame. <br />Chain oil????? <br />Just kidding! I too have the model B and have to say I've replaced many PM1 batteries over the years, countless seat rollers... and this spring I sprung for a new seat and handle - the handle is a marvelous improvement over the original... <br /><br />Jim S. <br />[/quote] <br />[/quote]<br /><br />Batteries? Well, yes. I have replaced many of those as well - hated the job. With several of those button type cells to replace, it was both expensive to replace them and tedious to get them in and out. I am pleased to see that the PM3 uses D cells. That should be much more convenient. Before we got into miniaturization (about 1960?) D cells were the only small "batteries" that most people ever saw. I don't think that I even knew then that they were called Ds, and certainly not that there were also Cs, As, and AAs, etc. BTW, has anyone ever seen a B cell?<br /><br />Rollers, I should probably replace. Mine make odd clicking sounds at times. I think I have a new set of them around somewhere that I bought years ago, but I have no idea where they got squirreled away. The seat, fortunately, is still in good shape. I don't know what the replacements are like, but, many years ago, when I tried out the new Cs that my old club had just acquired, I was very disappointed to find that the seats were much less comfortable that the seats on the Bs. I worry once in a while about the bungee cord, but it seems to have survived the several years it had of SoCal smog. Now it just has to put up with Owens Valley dust.<br /><br />regards,<br /><br />Bob S.

[[old] Annabassand]

<!--QuoteBegin-rspenger+Oct 3 2005, 01:28 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(rspenger @ Oct 3 2005, 01:28 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->[right] <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />What are the 50/250 hour rules? My 14 (?) year old Model B has never seen any service other than an occasional rail wiping, but it keeps spinning along, looking very sporty with its new PM3.<br /><br />Bob S. <br /><br /><br />Hello <br /><br />What I was refering to was oiling the chain every 50 hour and giving the machine a bigger service every 250 hours (check the chain, tighten what need to be tightened) - I haven't done this yet, but the manual has a thorough explanation of what to check every 250 hours. You can find the manual somewhere on the website... Can't remember where, but I remember coming across it. <br /><br />Kind regards<br />Anna

[[old] Annabassand]

<!--QuoteBegin-rspenger+Oct 3 2005, 01:28 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(rspenger @ Oct 3 2005, 01:28 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->[right] <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />What are the 50/250 hour rules? My 14 (?) year old Model B has never seen any service other than an occasional rail wiping, but it keeps spinning along, looking very sporty with its new PM3.<br /><br />Bob S. <br /><br /><br />Hello <br /><br />What I was refering to was oiling the chain every 50 hour and giving the machine a bigger service every 250 hours (check the chain, tighten what need to be tightened) - I haven't done this yet, but the manual has a thorough explanation of what to check every 250 hours. You can find the manual somewhere on the website... Can't remember where, but I remember coming across it. <br /><br />Kind regards<br />Anna

[[old] Leif]

Hi Anna,<br /><!--QuoteBegin-Annabassand+Oct 3 2005, 05:28 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Annabassand @ Oct 3 2005, 05:28 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->What I was refering to was oiling the chain every 50 hour and giving the machine a bigger service every 250 hours (check the chain, tighten what need to be tightened) - I haven't done this yet, but the manual has a thorough explanation of what to check every 250 hours. You can find the manual somewhere on the website... Can't remember where, but I remember coming across it. <br /><br />Kind regards<br />Anna <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><a href='http://www.concept2.co.uk' target='_blank'>Concept2 UK</a> is always a very good resource.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.concept2.co.uk/rower/maintenance.php' target='_blank'>Maintenance</a><br /><a href='http://www.concept2.co.uk/shop/indoor_r ... 94b575455d' target='_blank'>Spareparts</a><br /><a href='http://www.concept2.co.uk/rower/repair.php' target='_blank'>Repair and assembling</a><br /><br />Med rolig hilsener<br /><br />Leif