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Old Apr 25, 2025 | 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by pgreer
With the method you suggest, you are lilely to do more harm than good.

Diagnose the problem the old school way starting with the basics. This isn't a bike with a canbus system and compression releases etc.

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Old Apr 27, 2025 | 02:38 PM
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I don't believe it's a matter of the 'magnets falling off'. Vibration can weaken the strength of the magnets so the 'magnetism' itself is weaker.
 
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They do come loose and slide around.
 
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