Gimble rubber bands

Sndflea · Mar 24, 2017

How loose should these be? I have one on the front that appears stretched out. Only 3 flights so it appears that it came that way. Hate to send it back. I already had to send the original back due to damage in shipment. Most of the time video seems fine but I get periodic jello. Can the rubber bands be changed without sending it back?

CashCache · Mar 24, 2017

Can you post a picture? I don't have my Mavic in front of me, but I'm pretty sure there are no "rubber bands" on it.

Sndflea · Mar 24, 2017

CashCache said:
Can you post a picture? I don't have my Mavic in front of me, but I'm pretty sure there are no "rubber bands" on it.

I'll do a picture tomorrow. There are 3 or 4 stretchy bands that hold the gimble in place

rockydog · Mar 24, 2017

Seems they're not available from DJI...see this thread.Rubber gimbal mounts needed for Mavic

MavicCF · Mar 25, 2017

You can get a new vibration dampening plate (the part with the rubber bands) from here on EBay from a DJI dealer. -CF

Sndflea · Mar 26, 2017

MavicCF said:
You can get a new vibration dampening plate (the part with the rubber bands) from here on EBay from a DJI dealer. -CF

How hard is it to install?

MavicCF · Mar 27, 2017

I'm not sure how hard it is to do. I did just saw a vibration plate from china for $23.00 here. I bet there is a YouTube video out there about installing it. I crashed my Mavic and damaged the same part (as well as gimbal etc). I am now facing a $375.00 repair bill

! Highly suggest getting DJI Care and save the money!

MavicCF · Mar 27, 2017

Here is a video on teardown, might help get an idea of the job.

wombat · Mar 27, 2017

MavicCF said:
Here is a video on teardown, might help get an idea of the job.

I am waiting for my complete plate to arr $18US from aliexpress.com

KPN · Mar 27, 2017

Sndflea said:
How hard is it to install?

I broke one of the damper bands in a crash. Was able to purchase one from Thunderdrones. Replacing isn't too difficult with the right tools. I happen to have a jewelers magnifying head band (inexpensive on Amazon) which helps. You'll see how the rubber damper connects when you pull the old one out. I used some good tweezers for that. To insert the new one, I used two very small screwdrivers to push the damper base into the anchoring hole. Took a few minutes and some patience. Lastly, used the tweezers to gently loop the top of the damper over the corner of the plate and all is good. Definitely not worth sending back to DJI.

Monkey392 · Apr 14, 2017

KPN said:
I broke one of the damper bands in a crash. Was able to purchase one from Thunderdrones. Replacing isn't too difficult with the right tools. I happen to have a jewelers magnifying head band (inexpensive on Amazon) which helps. You'll see how the rubber damper connects when you pull the old one out. I used some good tweezers for that. To insert the new one, I used two very small screwdrivers to push the damper base into the anchoring hole. Took a few minutes and some patience. Lastly, used the tweezers to gently loop the top of the damper over the corner of the plate and all is good. Definitely not worth sending back to DJI.

Did u have to take anything apart in order to install the new rubber bands? Or were u able to get them on there while the gimbal was still in tact? Also, how long did it take for u to get the part from thunderdrones?

KPN · Apr 15, 2017

I didn't have to take anything apart but it did take some patience and The right tools to manipulate the damper into position. As for Thunderdrones, he isn't the best at monitoring his emails and I really had to badger him. At the time, he had two to sell me for $12, delivered. I told him to keep one for someone else and gave him $10 for the one to make it worth his time. Worth it for me vs sending back to DJI.