I've found the problem! After taking the flywheel off yet again and looking at it through a magnifier it turns out that the corner of one of the magnets is separating a hairline distance from the flywheel on one of the magnets.
WillyBWright suggested that the flywheel may be rubbing on the coil and he's correct. The corner of one of the magnet has a light scrape that's hard to detect unelss you really looked at it. Sure enough, there's also a scratch on one of the coils that's also hard to detect.
My (new) question is:
1) do I need to replace the entire flywheel or is there a glue that I can use to reglue the corner back to the flywheel?
2) if i leave it alone does it matter?
3) if i remove the magnet (there's 5-6 under the flywheel) or sand the separated portion of the magnet down would that cause any problem to the coils/eletric components?
WillyBWright suggested that the flywheel may be rubbing on the coil and he's correct. The corner of one of the magnet has a light scrape that's hard to detect unelss you really looked at it. Sure enough, there's also a scratch on one of the coils that's also hard to detect.
My (new) question is:
1) do I need to replace the entire flywheel or is there a glue that I can use to reglue the corner back to the flywheel?
2) if i leave it alone does it matter?
3) if i remove the magnet (there's 5-6 under the flywheel) or sand the separated portion of the magnet down would that cause any problem to the coils/eletric components?