I just noticed that the white o-ring sealing the battery cap (precision gen2(?)) is broken.
I am unable to find a replacement available (EU) - only the full cap which is kinda expensive (10+€). Any hint /ideas where to find or an alternate which also fits?
For another device I found generic o rings on line for a much more reasonable price. Without Vernier Callipers to measure things up its a bit tricky to find the right size :-/
No ideas, but have the same issue on last battery change. Cheapest I’ve found is €15 with delivery for the battery cap. Which is still a lot for just the o ring!
Damn - maybe I’ll get into the weeds and try to estimate the size and shop for some generic ones. The original one is torn so I’ll get only a rough house number when I try to measure it anyway…
I bought mine from ebay (Germany). There are still plenty sellers out there (search phrase: “oring 1 17”). Overseas I don’t now though - I guess you have to do the math to get the imperial units and order some different ones to test them
Suitable replacement O-rings can be purchased on line from Ace Seal at https://www.aceseal.com for $0.25 plus shipping. I got 10 of 17 mm x 1 mm (with 70 density). I will give away five of them for free.
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Just ran into this page on my quest to find a new o-ring for my 4iiii precision power meter. The original white o-ring appears to be very brittle unfortunately.
Anyway, while searching for these o-rings I came across at least 2 types of material, being NBR and EPDM. NBR seems to be suitable for environments involving oil while EPDM is being used for weather resistant environments. I also found that Garmin recommends to only use EPDM rings when replacing.
Can anyone tell me if it’d be harmful to replace the original o-ring with an NBR one? EPDM seems to be much harder to find.