Trimline Treadmill: Parts, Manuals and Used Value

1. Is Trimline Still Making Treadmills? The Short Answer

No — not for the US market. Trimline treadmills were built by Hebb Industries of Tyler, Texas, from the mid-1990s, and production stopped years ago. Repair and review sites that tracked the brand all describe it as discontinued, one parts supplier says it still supports the brand with parts, and we found no current Trimline treadmill for sale new in the US. The Trimline treadmills sold today in New Zealand by Elite Fitness are a separate, current range, not a continuation of the American machines.

That makes a Trimline treadmill a used-equipment question. Some Trimline machines were solidly built for their era, and an old treadmill that still runs well can serve a walker for years. But the parts that end a treadmill's life — the motor control board, the console electronics, the incline motor, the rollers — are the ones most likely to be listed as no longer available. For the best-known model we checked, the 7600.1, 18 of the 44 catalogued parts are marked no longer available.

So the practical advice is simple. If you own a Trimline that works, keep it maintained and keep it running; belts, drive belts and lubricant are still easy to get. If it has failed electronically, get a repair quote before buying parts, and be ready to replace it. And if you are thinking of buying one used, pay very little for it, test it running, and read ourguide to buying a used treadmillfirst.

2. Who Made Trimline Treadmills?

The clearest fact is the manufacturer's name. Owner's manuals for Trimline treadmills such as the 1600.1 and 2600.1 are published under Hebb Industries, Inc., and repair references place Hebb in Tyler, Texas. Beyond that, the accounts differ in detail.

The founding account

One long-running treadmill review site says Trimline started operations in 1994, with brothers Bill, Joe and Bob Hebb opening the manufacturing facility, and that the aim was affordable, easy-to-use home treadmills. Another site says the first machine came off the line in 1994. Those agree with each other and with the Hebb name on the manuals.

The Roadmaster and Nautilus account

A treadmill repair business and a separate review site describe Trimline as a spin-off from Roadmaster, the American sporting goods company, bought out by its management and later sold to Schwinn, whose fitness business became part of Nautilus. A third site says the Trimline name is owned by Nautilus but that Trimline treadmills are no longer produced. We cannot verify the corporate chain from primary records, and the two accounts are not obviously compatible, so we give both and rely on neither for anything that matters to an owner.

What does matter is this: Nautilus, Inc. later became BowFlex Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 in 2024, and Johnson Health Tech bought its main brands. We found nothing to suggest that any current company supports Trimline treadmills under warranty, and any original warranty on a machine this old will long since have expired. OurBowflex brand pagecovers that ownership change.

Where they were built and sold

The earlier numbered models were built in the US; one repair site refers to "the old US built Trimlines", and the Hebb manuals carry a Texas address. A review site describes the later T-series, such as the T335HR, as Taiwan-built. Trimline machines were also sold under other names: the parts catalogue notes that the Trimline 7600.1 was marketed by Sears as a Free Spirit model, 122.309200. If you own a Sears Free Spirit treadmill, check whether its model number maps to a Trimline, because the parts will be the same.

3. Which Trimline Model Do You Have?

Everything that follows — parts, manuals, value — depends on the exact model number, so find it before you search for anything else. It is printed on a label on the frame, usually near the motor hood, the base of the upright or under the deck, and it often carries a suffix such as ".1" or ".2" that changes which parts fit.

The numbered Hebb models

These are the four-digit models from the Hebb era. Those we found in parts catalogues, manual archives and listings include the 1600.1, 2600.1, 7150 (with a 7150.2 variant), 7200.1 and 7600.1. The 7600 is the one most often discussed; its owner's manual is shared with the 7200.1, and its parts list notes that two different motor shaft sizes were used during production, which matters if you are ordering a motor fan or pulley.

The T-series

The later models carry a T prefix. Review and repair indexes list the T305, T315, T325, T335HR, T340, T345, T350HR, T355, T360 and T370HR, and one site lists models up to the T380. "HR" generally indicated heart-rate features. Parts catalogues group several of these together for common parts such as drive belts — one listing covers the T305, T315, T325 and T335 — which helps, but always confirm against your exact model and suffix.

If there is no label

Labels peel off. If yours is gone, photograph the console, the motor hood and the frame, measure the belt (length and width), and note the motor's own label under the hood. A parts supplier or repair technician can often identify a model from that, and the belt and motor labels are what you need for the commonest replacements anyway.

4. The Other Trimline: A Current Range in New Zealand

Search results for "Trimline treadmill" now mix two unrelated things. Alongside the old American machines, Elite Fitness, a New Zealand fitness retailer, sells a current range of treadmills under the Trimline name.

On 14 October 2026 Elite Fitness's own store listed Trimline-branded treadmills from the W1 walking model at NZ$499 to the A9 at NZ$4,995, including the W3, W5, TL1, TL3, A2.5, A7 and A8, as well as Trimline machines for weekly hire. It also publishes owner's manuals for its Trimline 1000 and Trimline 2000, which include parts lists and point owners to online forms for service, warranty and parts requests.

We found nothing linking this range to Hebb Industries or to the American Trimline models, and it is sold in New Zealand, in New Zealand dollars, for New Zealand mains supply. For a US reader the practical point is to avoid mixing them up: a manual or part from the New Zealand range will not fit a Hebb-era Trimline, and the New Zealand range is not a way to buy a "new Trimline" in the US. If you are in New Zealand, treat it as you would any retailer's own-brand range and judge each machine on its published figures, warranty and local service.

5. Can You Still Get Trimline Treadmill Parts?

Some, not all. The pattern is the same as for most discontinued treadmills: common wear parts are still available, while model-specific electronics and moulded parts run out.

A worked example: the 7600.1

FitnessRepairParts.com, a large US parts supplier, lists 44 parts for the Trimline 7600.1. On 14 October 2026, 23 carried a price, 18 were marked "No Longer Available" and three assemblies — the elevation, frame and upright assemblies — had no price shown. Still listed were the drive belts, a treadbelt, a console electronic board, a power cord and lubricant. Marked no longer available were the front and rear rollers, several controllers, the deck wear surface, the incline motor, the keypad overlay and the mat.

That is a useful picture of what to expect. A Trimline that needs a walking belt, a drive belt or lubricant is straightforward. One that needs a motor controller, a roller or an incline motor may need a used part, a compatible generic part sourced by a technician, or a decision to retire the machine.

Where to look

• Specialist parts suppliers. Search by exact model number and suffix. FitnessRepairParts.com has Trimline catalogues, and a treadmill repair business that stopped reviewing the brand says it still provides parts support.
• Generic equivalents. Walking belts can be made to size, and drive belts, rollers and bearings are often standard dimensions. Measure the old part and quote its markings.
• Local repair technicians. An independent treadmill technician may be able to fit a universal motor controller or rebuild a roller where the original part is gone.
• Used parts. Parted-out machines on resale sites can supply consoles and moulded covers, but buy only when the seller confirms the model number.

Ourtreadmill repair guidecovers when a technician makes sense, and our guides toreplacing a walking beltand thedrive beltwalk through the two jobs an old Trimline is most likely to need.

6. Finding a Trimline Treadmill Manual

Trimline owner's manuals survive mostly on public manual archives rather than on any manufacturer's site. We found Hebb-published manuals for the 1600.1 and 2600.1 on manual archive sites, copies of the 7600 manual in document libraries, and owner's manuals listed as parts by FitnessRepairParts.com for the 7200.1 and 7600.1 and for the T325.1 and T335HR.

What to look for in the manual

Three sections of an old treadmill manual are worth reading even if you never assemble or repair anything. The lubrication section tells you whether the deck needs regular lubricant and which type — some decks were pre-waxed and need little, others need silicone at set intervals. The belt adjustment section gives the tension and tracking procedure for your model. And the exploded parts diagram gives you the part numbers that make a parts search possible.

If you cannot find yours

Use a manual for a closely related model with care: the safety, belt and lubrication guidance usually carries across, while the parts list may not. Where the manual and a general guide disagree, follow the manual for your model. Our guides tobelt lubricationandbelt adjustmentgive the general method. Always unplug the treadmill before removing the motor hood or working on the belt.

7. Should You Buy a Used Trimline Treadmill?

Only cheaply, only after testing it, and only if you accept that a major electronic fault may end its life. A Trimline that runs smoothly can still be a perfectly good walking treadmill; the risk is entirely in what happens when something fails.

What it is worth

We do not have market data for Trimline resale prices, so treat this as a rough estimate. A treadmill of this age with no warranty and uncertain parts is worth little more than its usefulness to you in the next year or two. One used 7150.2 we saw listed asked $100. As a rule of thumb, pay in the low hundreds at most for a working example in good condition, and walk away from anything that does not run under power. Collection is part of the cost: older treadmills are heavy, and moving one safely takes two people.

How to test one

• Run it for at least ten minutes, walking and, if you can, jogging, at several speeds. Listen for grinding, knocking or a rising whine from the motor.
• Take it through the full incline range and back. A slow or stalling incline is a common fault and the incline motor may be unobtainable.
• Check that the belt tracks centrally and does not slip when you push off.
• Lift the belt edge and feel the deck. A dry, rough or worn deck adds load to the motor; on the 7600.1, the deck wear surface is listed as no longer available.
• Find the model label and check parts availability for that exact model on your phone before you pay.

Ourused treadmill checklistgoes through these checks in order, and ournew versus used comparisonhelps you decide whether the saving is worth the risk.

8. Repair or Replace an Old Trimline?

The answer usually depends on which part has failed, because that decides whether the repair is cheap, expensive or impossible.

The rule we use for any old treadmill is to stop spending once a single repair approaches a large share of what a reliable modern replacement costs, and to treat electronic faults on a discontinued model as the likeliest end point. Our guides tohow long treadmills lastandrepair or replaceset out typical costs, and ourtroubleshooting guidehelps you narrow down the fault before you call anyone.

Safety on an old machine

We searched the Consumer Product Safety Commission's recall database for Trimline and Hebb on 14 October 2026 and found no recall. That does not make an old machine safe by default. Stop using any treadmill that smells of burning, trips a breaker, speeds up on its own or will not stop, and make sure the safety key and its clip still work. Ourburning smell guidecovers the first of those.

9. What to Buy Instead of a Trimline

If your Trimline has reached the end, or you were looking for one because you wanted a simple, affordable home treadmill, the same qualities are easy to find in current machines with warranties and available parts. Another discontinued line people still search for is LIVESTRONG.

For simple, subscription-free walking and jogging, theHorizon T101is a long-standing budget recommendation, and ourunder-$800 roundupcovers others at that level. For a sturdier machine that should last as long as a good Trimline did, theSole F63pairs a 60-inch deck with lifetime frame and motor cover. Ourtreadmill brands guidecompares the companies that are making treadmills now.

Getting rid of the old one

An old treadmill that no longer works is heavy and awkward to dispose of. Scrap metal dealers, local council or municipal bulk collection and some retailers' haul-away services are the usual routes, and a working machine can go to a charity or a resale site. Our guide todisposing of a treadmillcovers each option, andhow to take one apartexplains how to get it out of the house.

10. Frequently Asked Questions