Sounds like a bad bearing for sure. I replaced mine and did some other work inside to fix some minor issues I was having. Its a do it yourself job but its pretty time consuming and required patients.. But you can do it if you want to avoid sending it to FM.

@cascadewheeler I always prefer to do my own repairs too if I'm able. That way you know its done right. I'm going to replace both my bearings later this week with some SKF's I bought.

@donkey17 1000 miles on a plus? Or a V1? V1's don't do it. I hear ya though. Seems like I can't get very good answers to tech questions either. Good luck finding the gremlin!

@donkey17 Its called "surging" and its built into the firmware. You probably didn't notice it before because your riding ability has improved and your pushing the board harder now. This has been covered extensively throughout the forums.

@ow-miami I disagree. I had a bearing replacement by them already and I was surprised to find the replacement they used is very low quality. The factory bearings are NSK (really good!) When I type in the bearing number of the replacement, all the listings are for bearings that cost between $9 and $30. The NSK's are about $100 retail. The replacement also has no manufacturer or country of origin printed on it (not a good sign for a bearing). For anyone that has had their board in for any bearing issues like a wheel click or squeak, check to see if you have one black bearing. I bet the black one is as I've described above and you probably have lateral axle slip. I think the replacements are not quite to spec which is 10mm wide. So to clarify, I do not have play in the bearings.. My wheel is actually slipping laterally on the axle because one of the bearings isn't wide enough to be seated properly with the internals that hold everything in place. I know this all sounds OCD and a bit crazy but I've thought about it A LOT.

Its one of the retainer clips that holds the bearings in place. Easy fix if you got the nads to open it up.

@cascadewheeler Thanks for the response. I'm convinced its play in the bearings because the entire wheel will shift left and right about 1mm on the axle. The only thing that could be causing that is the bearings. There should be a tiny amount of play but its strange that mine and not all boards do this.

@mtruby82 So it looks like it may actually be the bearings. They have some play. I bet a lot of boards are doing this.

@ow-miami Thanks.

@ow-miami Thanks.