Protocol Galileo Pinion Gear Replacement

Step 1 Battery

• Find door on the underside of drone. Open the door.
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Step 2



• Carefully pull out battery, pulling out wires first.
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Step 3
• Disconnect the connecter.
• When reconnecting, remember to match up the black wire with the black wire and the red with red.
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Step 4 Propeller

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• Use the heavy duty spudger tool to pry off metal caps by pushing the spudger up into the cap.
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Step 5
• Twist the white spindle sleeve counter clockwise to align locking pin inside with the opening.
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Step 6

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• Use tweezers to remove locking pin.
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Step 7
• Pull off white spindle sleeve.
• Take note of which side of the spindle sleeve is the top.
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Step 8
• Pull off propeller.
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Step 9 Top Shell
• Remove Blade Guards by unscrewing two 13 millimeter screws using Philips #0. Pull out the guards. Repeat the steps for the other three corners.
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Step 10
• Unscrew two 9 mm screws located inside the legs. Repeat the same procedure for the other three legs
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Step 11
• Unplug the camera wire.
• Press the hold release button and slide out the camera module away from the button.
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Step 12
• Remove the motor protection cover by unscrewing two 9 mm screws using Philips #0. When the screws are off, use your fingers to pull the motor protection cover off. Repeat the procedure for the other three arms.
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Step 13
• Unclip the motor cable from the shells housing using two pry tools. Repeat the same procedure for the other three arms.
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Step 14
• Remove 3 9mm screws around the motor housing. Repeat the steps for the three other arms.
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Step 15
• Remove four 9 mm screws located where the legs originally are placed. (Use a thin head screwdriver)
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Step 16
• Cut the yellow strips using a scalpel. Pry open the casing using pry tools working gently around the corners.
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Step 17 Pinion Gear
• Remove the motor assembly from the bottom shell.
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Step 18
• Slide the pinion gear off of the motor assembly.
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Thomas Ramey

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