Originally Posted by
MrsBoats
After you get a new drive wheel, find something to use to shim it away from the wheel-the motor should tip away from the machine-when you're not using it. (I use the short end of a broken wooden spoon.) That will keep the flat spot from happening again, and wow, they happen fast! It doesn't need to be a big gap, just so long as the rubber end isn't touching the wheel.
eta: Don't ask me how many drive wheels it took before I learned to remember to do this!
Hee hee, I was walking by mine one day and it hit me. Tilt out the motor, silly! I used some cotton balls wedged in between the machine and the motor. (It's what I had close by at the time my epiphany hit).
