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Go ahead and remove the dust bin.
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Then flip the roomba over and remove the battery.
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The upper housing is held in place by eight phillips #2 screws on the underside of the machine. Removing the four screws around the battery compartment is the most difficult step in servicing the robot.
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The recess holes around the battery compartment, are 5.85 mm in diameter. The thinest old school #2 phillips I could find, has a shank diameter of 5.90 mm. Humm, did they do this on purpose to make working on these difficult?
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Well, the easiest way I found to overcome this problem was to ream out the holes to 1/4 inch. I used the wrench from a tap and die set, an ordinary drill, and a drill collar; to carefully ream out the holes by hand.
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If you don't have all that, you can use a regular drill. Be careful though not to hit the screw as the drill bit with strip it and make it very hard to remove. The factory sets these screws very tight and they are difficult to take out if they have not been removed before.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Thank you! You speed up my repair time to half
I also need a new belt, but can’t fine one either. Jef Hern, did you ever find one?
You can get the same belt from the roomba 4000
If you can’t find the belt the roomba 4000 uses the same belt or the discovery series
