Smart Balance Wheel - Motherboard

Guide with all the steps necessary for you to change the Smart Balance Wheel motherboard yourself.

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For this tutorial you will need the following spared parts and tools

Tutorial: Step by step

Step 1 Smart Balance Wheel

Characteristics:

Voltage: 36V.

Weight: 13Kg.

Max Speed: 10 Km / h.

We will start by removing the sixteen Phillips screws (PH # 2) that hold both lower housings.

Step 2 Remove housing

This casing can not be removed yet, we will disconnect the wires from the LEDs of the casing and carefully remove it as it will continue to be attached to the cable of the charging connector.

Step 3 Remove housing

In order to remove this casing, we will disconnect the cables from the components stuck to it. We disconnected the cable that connects the loudspeaker power plate and the base plate, the power button cable and the led lights.

Step 4 Disconnect components

In this step we will begin to disconnect all the components connected to the motherboard. We will also cut the flange that joins all the cables to facilitate the process.

Step 5 Disconnect cables

In this step we will remove the four Phillips screws (PH # 2) that hold the plastic structure that holds the battery.

Now we remove the plastic piece and then disconnect the cables that pass over the battery to be able to remove it.

Step 6 Battery

To remove the battery and only we have to disconnect and disarm.

Step 7 Disconnect motor

In this step we will disconnect the motor cables from the side of the battery.

Step 8 Disconnect components

In this step we will do the same as in the previous step but on the side of the motherboard.

Step 9 Disconnect components

In this step we pull the cables that go inside the shaft to remove the plate.

We will also disconnect the charging connector.

Step 10 Motherboard

To finish, we remove the four Phillips screws (PH # 2) that hold the plate to the chassis and we can remove it.

Video Tutorial summary

In this video you can watch a quick summary of the tutorial, but we recommend to follow the complete tutorial, with its explanations and detailed images.
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