Believe it or not, I have a small hole gym, or at least a room in my basement that could be used as a gym….
I use it sometimes, but about a year ago, the treadmill broke. It was a pretty cool fold-up machine I had in my apartment a while ago. Okay. Then, during tax season, I must’ve set down a weight not-so-gently, because it made a hairpin fracture in one of the discs.
They are the Bowflex Select Tech Dumbells (clicky adjustable weights).
inside the handle are different discs that rotate in permutations that hold different amounts of weight – 5 to 52.5 lbs.
The fracture made it so one disc couldn’t hold the weight because it had done flex in it.
“Why don’t they make the discs out of metal?” you ask. That’s a good point.
The weight has a bunch of ball-bearings and springs. I bought the repair kit, so now I have every part….. except for the discs. I had to order one of those separately.
Taking it apart and replacing the disc wasn’t hard. Putting it back together was tedious, probably because I took a short cut taking it apart.
It works now, so I can randomly lift weights again!
Here’s the video I used: