Toa Imrukii Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) We all know the struggle of not being able to replace the batter within those pesky glowing eye pieces first used with the Piraka, right? i.e These: Well, about a week ago I discovered a way to replace said battery. Firstly the type of batter used is a CR927 3V Lithium Battery placed + side up:In order to replace the battery this is what must be done. First, take a tiny flat-head hand screw driver and place the tip of it within one of the two inward crevasses on the backside of the piece, and slide the head of the screwdriver up to the round circular portion of the piece which holds the battery. Once this is done hook the tip of the screw driver inwards and carefully pull up, the outward plastic of the second half may bend as you are doing this, however from my experiences it is unlikely to be predominately bent in any major way or snap, but it's probably best not to bend it too much. Once the bottom portion of the piece has been separated you may continue to remove it, or just let it open enough for the old battery to be able to fall out and so you can place the new one in, + side up like the old one. One the new battery is in place snap the two halves of the piece back together, during such process the battery may jostle around a bit, but just as long as you have a steady hand it's unlikely to misalign greatly, let alone fall out. Also during the process of snapping it back together the connection between the battery and metal prongs may activate, giving you a glimpse of the new light to be emitted from the piece now. Once you have the two halves together into one with the new battery in-place, you can now test the light capability of the piece, and if all went well you can now use it properly again. Than go ahead to use it however. I hope this has been a helpful read, I am unsure if anyone else has been able to figure out how to remove the battery, let alone open the piece up before this, but since it's something we all at least to some degree know the struggle of I thought I should share this. Edited July 28, 2017 by Toa Imrukii 5 Quote Quote: "Love has no fear, and no vengeance." | :i: | Andekas ⴳ A RUDE AWAKENING - A BIONICLE G1 Continuation and Video Game Project (ARTIST AND CONCEPTUALIST) | I am an ENFP, that is my Personality. Check Out Makuta Teridax: Reaper of Darkness | Check out my Taknuva Stars MOC | ⴳ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taria Pakari Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 While I imagine the batteries in all of mine have long since died, I can't really be sure of that since they're all buried in my massive box of parts... :v Still, should I ever manage to recover them from the plastic ocean they inhabit, I'll at least be able to refer back here for replacing the batteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToaTImeLord Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Hey bro. Cool discovery you made there. Is it possible to post set by step pictures? 1 Quote Hey I got a Flickr because I like making LEGO stuff. https://www.flickr.com/people/toatimelord/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidmaster Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 yes! finally I can stop buying more eyes every time the ones I already have loose power Quote S Q U I D M A S T E R check out my imgur gallery for bionicle photography: https://mahatparthiban.imgur.com/all/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umarakthefan Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Mine still work, I didnt use theyre laser that much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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