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My Garmin Edge 1000J, "Michiko", and I have been together for a while.
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Yesterday I leaned my bike against a wall in the sunshine for a few minutes while in a shop. Turned off Michiko to save battery. When I came out and pressed the power button to turn back on... smoosh. The power button had melted, and it tore off under my fingertip. (When I finally managed to persuade her back into life, the display said 35ºC - guess that spot was a sun-trap.)
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Dammit.
What can I do? It's rubbery. Do I have anything that sticks rubber onto rubber? It needs to flex, as this part moves. Oh wait...
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Rubber cement from tyre patch kit. Worth a try... maybe...
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It's sealed up. But will it have any strength?
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Nope. Disintegrated after 9 or 10 presses. Dammit. TIL that rubber cement does not stick this material (probably silicone?) to itself. Back to the drawing board.
She's long out of warranty. Garmin Japan have a fixed fee of ¥27,000 for repair/replacement. I can get a replacement rear case from eBay for around ¥6,000, but it will be white (EU version) rather than the original red. Or upgrade... but there are no features in the newer models that I want or need.
My Garmin Edge 1000J, "Michiko", and I have been together for a while.
Yesterday I leaned my bike against a wall in the sunshine for a few minutes while in a shop. Turned off Michiko to save battery. When I came out and pressed the power button to turn back on... smoosh. The power button had melted, and it tore off under my fingertip. (When I finally managed to persuade her back into life, the display said 35ºC - guess that spot was a sun-trap.)
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What can I do? It's rubbery.
Dammit. Back to the drawing board.
That's an excellent idea.ガーミン ジャンク might be worth a try on Yahoo Auction.
As is this. Thanks, guys. There's hope...JB 高温用レッドシリコン
A friend of mine had a problem like this and some enterprising people have done 3D printing of some of these parts. I'll check with him today to see if he can remember the link to the guy that was doing it,That's an excellent idea.
As is this. Thanks, guys. There's hope...
My GPS unit is black, so it gets really hot in the sun. Therefore I have been doing the same thing, even though it has never given me trouble (I just don't like to record bad temperature data).Slightly related, my wahoo will hang if it gets to hot and needs a forced reboot (hold power 10s). Now if theres no shade I put my helmet over the com when stopping.
Ok so apparently it was listed on eBay but no longer listed. It was for an edge garmin but he probably does other stuff. Anyway his email address was [email protected]. Maybe worth giving a try.A friend of mine had a problem like this and some enterprising people have done 3D printing of some of these parts. I'll check with him today to see if he can remember the link to the guy that was doing it,
Maybe! I hope so! I will have to go back and look. If so, solo ride.funny, I seem to remember a photo of a beer can on a trail somewhere, against the night landscape of a town below