Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads This is the sensor for the Cateye 400DW computer. Slot is stripped. Any recommendations on opening the battery compartment? Thanks. by Professional-Suit-72 Bicycling Bike Bike Repair Biking Cycling Repair
jqVgawJG on July 28, 2025 5:17 am Clean and file and clean. Then fill it with superglue. Then cut out the original shape with a knife
this_broken_machine on July 28, 2025 5:35 am For a while, when these interfaces were commonly overused, I had a quarter-sized washer brazed to a screwdriver handle. That said, what type of company develops a product that doesn’t have a standardized tool to open it? Like others have said, fill with epoxy and re-do a new interface.
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Fill the hole with epoxy and cut a new slot in.
Clean and file and clean. Then fill it with superglue. Then cut out the original shape with a knife
For a while, when these interfaces were commonly overused, I had a quarter-sized washer brazed to a screwdriver handle.
That said, what type of company develops a product that doesn’t have a standardized tool to open it?
Like others have said, fill with epoxy and re-do a new interface.