RayR
Well-Known Member
Now that I have done a handful of battery replacements on these I have a thought for you. The battery I’ve been using is twice the capacity but only the slightest bit larger which does cause they’re sliding difficulty you mentioned. To compensate I took 400 grit sandpaper and sanded the gray plastic enclosure after the battery was already in place and it was closed . It took very little sanding to get the sliding action back to normal when I screwed on the end.Yeah, I thought it was crazy expensive, but as a test shot I wnted to get it quick. Well, I got it now and it kinda works, if not perfect. It's much shorter than the original, and broader.
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So I first tried if it would fit at all, which it did, even though the plastic would bulge a little. (I went the easy way, unscrewing the metal end piece and prying the little plastic tube open.)
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So I soldered it in and only then noticed that the little bulging would be a problem after all. I only tried if it would slide with with the plastic tube, but when I screwed the metal end piece back in, sliding became a bit hard. It works, but it's not to great to operate with the thumb.
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So, I'll leave it like this for now, since it's my backup sonic that already suffered one battery replacement (the hard way, prying off the top, which left quite some marks).
If my other one dies, I'll look for a different battery.
This however did send off a black stripe that is partially visible through a slot in the screwdriver body. And easy fix, I just threw it back on with a black magic marker.