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Maintenance & Care
Lubricating the Treadmill Belt
The most important maintenance work to do to a treadmill is regular and timely lubrication and care and mainte-
nance of the belt. Damages or defects caused by failure or lack of maintenance and care are in no way covered by
the warranty or guarantee.
The treadmill belt must always be lubricated if a significant increase of friction is detected. This will become apparent if the
belt makes jerking movements during training or if fault message E1 appears in the display on the cockpit.
Insufficient lubrication or care and the resulting increase in friction will inevitably lead to an increase in wear and cause
damage to the treadmill belt, deck, motor and circuit board.
How often you use the treadmill will generally determine how often you must carry out the maintenance measures. As this
varies from person to person, we would recommend that you keep a maintenance book. You should set a specific day every
week in the first 6 months of use to check the treadmill belt lubrication.
Lift up the front third part of the belt and feel with your hand if there is still lubrication in the middle of the belt. If lubrication
is present, then write “ok” next to the date in your maintenance book. If there is little or no lubrication present, then lubricate
the belt and write this down in your maintenance book accordingly. In time it will be possible to see at what time intervals
lubrication is required.
Even if you do not want to keep a maintenance book, you must check the lubrication of the treadmill belt at
least once a week!
If the treadmill is not used, or if the treadmill remains folded-up for some longer period you must check the lubrication of the
belt before use and lubricate it if necessary.
To achieve optimum lubrication of the belt use the MAXXUS maintenance oil bottle, remove the normal screw bottle top (Di
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agram 1) and screw on the thin tube top (Diagram 2). Before lubricating the belt, make sure that the treadmill is switched-off
and that the belt is no longer moving. Lift up the belt (Diagram 3).
The belt should be lubricated from both sides. Lift up the belt from one side high enough so that you can reach the middle
of the belt with the end of the thin tube on the silicone oil bottle. Apply a wavy line of silicone oil from the middle of the belt
towards the sides. You should apply three to four lines of silicone oil running from the middle of the belt to the sides. At each
lubrication process you should not apply more than 10 to max 20ml of silicone oil. If too much silicon is applied this may
lead to the treadmill belt slipping through. In this case remove the excess oil from the deck and drive rollers with a dry cloth.
CAUTION:
Only use the silicone bottle supplied or MAXXUS® maintenance oil (available from www.maxxus.com) to lubricate the treadmill
belt. Do not use any other kinds of silicone or lubricants! We do not recommend the use of silicone sprays at any time!
After completing a lubrication process let the belt run without any load at a speed of 4 km/h for approx. 5 minutes to distribute
the silicone oil well.
After lubrication do not fold up the treadmill for at least 3 days.
Area to lubricate
Diagram 1
Diagram 4
Rear Roller
Centre of Tread-
mill Deck
Treadmill Deck
Treadmill Belt
Motor Housing
Diagram 2
Diagram 3
