WilliamT7422
New member
Hello everyone,
I just bought a 1993 N-T Pro skier. It's in pretty good shape overall. It's missing the Personal Performance computer, but that's not a big worry at this time. It included the instruction manual, so I gave it a cleanup based on the instructions. It appears to have been used for a period, and then stuck in a closet and neglected since then. It was dusty, but not dirty.
I oiled the front and rear wheel axles and knew *not* to oil the flywheel drive wheels. I also cleaned the flywheel groove and drag strap with 90% isopropyl. I cleaned the wood with furniture polish but knew not to use that on the bottom of the skis. I cleaned the ski bottoms with the isopropyl and it cut right through the black deposits on the ski bottoms. Those deposits weren't very heavy, but were noticeable.
My question has to do with whether or not those drivewheels wear out. I found an Instructable that showed how to take the NT apart and flush out the bearings in the drivewheels with light penetrating oil. The oil gets wiped out and takes the fine metal fragments from the bearings out with it. It then has to evaporate out. I'm hoping that this will take care of the issue.
I haven't used one of these machines in over 30 years, so I don't remember how it felt for one to be working properly. Some of this may stem from the fact that I'm not an expert at the striding motion that one uses when they're using one of these machines, but there seemed to be some slippy or choppy action in how the machine worked when I got it home.
Does anyone out there have any experience with owning and using a pre-1997 Nordic Track skier? I want to like this and want for it to help me, but it needs to be working properly for those things to happen. It's a neat gadget. I remember reading National Geographic and Smithsonian magazines back in junior high and seeing the ads for them. I kinda wanted one then, so having one now seems like a good thing.
Thank you,
-William
I just bought a 1993 N-T Pro skier. It's in pretty good shape overall. It's missing the Personal Performance computer, but that's not a big worry at this time. It included the instruction manual, so I gave it a cleanup based on the instructions. It appears to have been used for a period, and then stuck in a closet and neglected since then. It was dusty, but not dirty.
I oiled the front and rear wheel axles and knew *not* to oil the flywheel drive wheels. I also cleaned the flywheel groove and drag strap with 90% isopropyl. I cleaned the wood with furniture polish but knew not to use that on the bottom of the skis. I cleaned the ski bottoms with the isopropyl and it cut right through the black deposits on the ski bottoms. Those deposits weren't very heavy, but were noticeable.
My question has to do with whether or not those drivewheels wear out. I found an Instructable that showed how to take the NT apart and flush out the bearings in the drivewheels with light penetrating oil. The oil gets wiped out and takes the fine metal fragments from the bearings out with it. It then has to evaporate out. I'm hoping that this will take care of the issue.
I haven't used one of these machines in over 30 years, so I don't remember how it felt for one to be working properly. Some of this may stem from the fact that I'm not an expert at the striding motion that one uses when they're using one of these machines, but there seemed to be some slippy or choppy action in how the machine worked when I got it home.
Does anyone out there have any experience with owning and using a pre-1997 Nordic Track skier? I want to like this and want for it to help me, but it needs to be working properly for those things to happen. It's a neat gadget. I remember reading National Geographic and Smithsonian magazines back in junior high and seeing the ads for them. I kinda wanted one then, so having one now seems like a good thing.
Thank you,
-William
