thwil Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 It's now pretty clean! It was under the water for a second or two, but it pretty boldly went where no wheel should go. It works just fine. It was not too far away from home but I rode around a few km slowly to see how it would behave. Everything seems to be in check. I guess the shell is like a bell volume, and the water simply didn't have the time to crawl deep inside. I'm not sure what to do. Just wait, or disassemble? I'm not keen on disassembling it really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 You can check out this video to see what is involved. It might be a good idea to open it up and make sure there's no water inside still and dry out components. Distilled water/IPA (Isopropyl alcohol) can also be used carefully to clean electronics components if you disconnect the power I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thwil Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 Oh, nice to have a reference video. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thwil Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 Well something is not the same about my wheel. I undo the top two screws but I cannot remove the side plate. Tried both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thwil Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 Okay, figured it out. Turns out there are two strips of double-sided tape on each side, so brutal prying apart is a required procedure. Pffff. There was much less water than I was afraid there would be. I gave it a blow of canned air and will leave it to dry for a day or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Hunka Hunka Burning Love said: You can check out this video to see what is involved. It might be a good idea to open it up and make sure there's no water inside still and dry out components. Distilled water/IPA (Isopropyl alcohol) can also be used carefully to clean electronics components if you disconnect the power I believe. Good advice! I was looking for water to come pouring out when they disassembled the GW. My KS was dripping wet. I am still planning to clean it and see if it might work but I doubt it. Funny how these guys just scatter all of the screws on the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos E Rodriguez Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 The motor piece is very robust. The circuit board and battery is the issue. Iso alcohol works well to suck out the water but explosion danger if you do not know what you are doing. Put a fan with the battery cover open. Should be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thwil Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 So I let it a couple of days to dry with the side covers open. Assembled it today and took it for a spin. Rides better than new, pretty smooth without all that dirt that used to be on and in it. Heh and I was afraid of taking it out in a rain. Thanks everybody for the hints! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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