Very bad surprise when disassembling

[geekone]

Hello guys,
As I explained in a previous post I have to replace the front right motor of my dji air 2s.
I received the spare, set up my workspace, first torx, second.. oups it doesn’t fit!
And the bad news is it doesn’t fit because it’s not a torx, nor a screw, one of the back cover “screw” is not a screw at all, the head is rounded
Wtf?!
Any idea / help?
Thank you

 

[geekone]

It was just a kind of sealing !

 

[Drone Master]

It was just a kind of sealing !

That sealer plug that is in the screw is for warranty purposes for DJI should you send in for repairs. Once removed voids all warranty on the drone. DJI knows when you have attempted to repair yourself. Just FYI..

 

[geekone]

That sealer plug that is in the screw is for warranty purposes for DJI should you send in for repairs. Once removed voids all warranty on the drone. DJI knows when you have attempted to repair yourself. Just FYI..

Yep warranty’s over, so no prob.

I didn’t know, I was very surprised when I saw it

 

[Jagerbomb52]

Yep warranty’s over, so no prob.

I didn’t know, I was very surprised when I saw it

Lucky it is only a cap over a torx screw. Most game controllers have a few torx screws with a pin in the center preventing you from using a standard torx screw driver. You can buy the right screw driver but that only slows your repair time down.

 

[Rnl]

Hello guys,
As I explained in a previous post I have to replace the front right motor of my dji air 2s.
I received the spare, set up my workspace, first torx, second.. oups it doesn’t fit!
And the bad news is it doesn’t fit because it’s not a torx, nor a screw, one of the back cover “screw” is not a screw at all, the head is rounded
Wtf?!
Any idea / help?
Thank you

Not rounded they put glue in it to see if it's been taken apart

 

[eEridani]

Why would someone file a serial number off a drone?

 

[manc54]

Why would someone file a serial number off a drone?

I suppose if they were doing something illegal and worried they might crash.

 

[infomed]

If you already have the motor and want to do the repair yourself, once you pull the "plug", the screw is a not so common one type of tork called the star.

 

[Angel new MA2]

Looks like is a cap/cover of the real screw maybe snap and shell be extracted to see the screw

 

[geekone]

Why would someone file a serial number off a drone?

Good question

 

[zeusfl]

Lucky it is only a cap over a torx screw. Most game controllers have a few torx screws with a pin in the center preventing you from using a standard torx screw driver. You can buy the right screw driver but that only slows your repair time down.

Apple does the same thing. You need to buy special tools for that. Usually, the people of Fixing the world, one gizmo at a time. | iFixit News sell the tools.

 

[ischonfeld]

OK, it all makes sense that it's a cover for the screw head and why it's there. So (for my own future education) how would one remove it?

 

[geekone]

OK, it all makes sense that it's a cover for the screw head and why it's there. So (for my own future education) how would one remove it?

Just scratched it off with a screwdriver