Hitch in Iron Cobra lever-glide

[ECVail]

So the last gig we played I noticed a small catch or hitch in my IC pedal, at bbout 3/4 of the way to the beater striking the head. The last practice we had it got worse - making the pedal almost unplayable.

I examined the pedal and didn't see anything obvious. All screws are tight, nothing slipping - in fact I made no adjustments to factory setup other than beater height and spring tension. I took the footboard, spring and chain out of the equation and moved the beater independantly and it does occur, leading me to believe that there's an issue with the cross-bar or an internal washer/linkage problem. The pedal is less than a year old and not used super-heavily - less than 3 times a week at most and I don't have that heavy a foot.

Has anyone had this issue before? Is Tama's customer service good about these issues? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.

[Numberonefan]

Sounds like a bad bearing. Tama likely buys these from a 3rd party supplier but I’m sure will sell you a replacement part.

[ECVail]

OK - I'm an ID10T. I meant power-glide, not lever glide. The lever glide is my hi hat stand. Doh!

[el_frenko]

if its under 1 year old, it should still be under warranty. you could take it back to the shop if u still got the receipt, or just order in that spare part (i doubt it costs much).

[criz p. critter]

I had this on a brand-new one, right out of the box. I know exactly what you are talking about, it was totally irritating... so irritating it was unplayable in my opinion. I took it back and got another, which was fine.

I agree with Numberonefan. I think it's a bad bearing. Mine was on the left side, and when you wiggled the shaft on that side, it had some play in it, while the good, right side, didn't.

[ECVail]

Thanks all. Unfortunately, I ordered online (being 2 hours away from any music store). I have called the good folks at Rupp's in Denver for help. I think they'll be willing to help given the $$$ I've spent with them in the past. I think I also may use this opportunity to try out a direct-drive pedal and get an Axis AX-A and keep the IC as a backup.