DJI FPV Drone Right Rear Broken Arm Replacement Tutorial Teardown Repair Video

Another tutorial for you all starring the DJI FPV Drone. I was unfortunate enough to crash my new factory built drone into an invisible power line so now I get to share my experience with you!
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[@MacSide01]

Probably the most useful video in the DJI FPV Drone series. Thanks for sharing!

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

I really appreciate that!!! I am sure there will be better videos coming soon from other sources but for the moment I am glad to help

[@markcloudchaser874]

Good Job Oscar

[@jaquinellis6473]

I watched this, and followed step by step. And replaced my wing on the first try. Fantastic job making this video! And thank you for taking the time to do it!

[@mr20hzmansfield51]

Thanks for the video. Was able to fix my left rear arm today Fri July 5th 2024.

[@michaelwayneprange5495]

That’s how tear down video supposed to go nothing like the mavic three teardown videos or the one for the mavic 2 good job dude A lot of people can appreciate that

[@jeffs3119]

Very nice! Great job. I worked on phone repairs for awhile so all the screws and small stuff seem very familiar. Using some metal wire/pull wire to loop and pull those motor wires could make it easier.

[@1957marca]

thats what I did after sever frustration then 30 seconds later, done!

[@TJ-ed3po]

Danke für das Video und deine Mühe !

[@peter16fleckenphotography]

Mate, just replaced my rear arm with no issues, thanks to this video. Cheers 🍻

[@SwellDrone]

Just broke left rear arm….thanks for the vid.

[@hueybui]

Thanks a bunch! Huge help!

[@LIMBOtrance]

Thank you for sharing, just crashed my new one Left rear arm leg ….very useful video

[@rickjames791]

Thank you for the DIY guide! Saved me A LOT of time and breaking of additional parts :P To make the the wire fishing through the arm much easier, make a fish tape from spare 18-22 AWG wire. Pass it through the channel of the new arm, use masking tape (not painters tape) to attach it to each wire...pull through one at a time. This will ensure the correct path and eliminate shoving the wires through blindly. I bundled the motor wires and LED cable with heat shrink so I would only have to pull once.

[@1957marca]

I used a piece of solder wire and just wrapped it around each wire

[@user-eb4ez2rs4t]

Great video! Crashed mine exactly the same way by not seeing the wires, luckily the arm of my drone didn't broke, however the motor came out of its place, fixed it by putting a small metal o-ring on one of the 3 holding screws, works perfectly now!

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Thank you!!! Very good result for you!!! 🤓👍

[@christopherhinton9642]

Where did you get this metal o ring?

[@christopherhinton9642]

Where did you get the o ring. Can you send link

[@user-eb4ez2rs4t]

@@christopherhinton9642 I've found one just in my garage, in the old spare parts from something

[@christopherhinton9642]

@@user-eb4ez2rs4t dude it would be awesome if you could send a pic of what they look like to my email. [e-mail]

[@TeamGalixte]

Hey man thx for the video!

[@OneOfTheRobs]

I can almost feel your excitement when you're soldering back your motor wires 😀😀You make me VERY happy with this. You were lucky Oscar. I also broke my middle-frame. So I orderded 4 arms and a middle-frame $65 dollars total. By the way, the colours of the motor wires are printed inside the holes on the arm. (Just do you know).. Thanks. I'am gonna need this when my parts arrive this week)

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Hey awesome thanks for that clarification about the motors! I did not see that... yes i am glad to have it back in correct form, sorry to hear about yours but im sure you will get it going 👍

[@OneOfTheRobs]

@@oscarmeyerfpv2155 I'll proberbly start to cry when it's back hovering. 😂😂 I'am gonna be SO happy

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

@@OneOfTheRobs I understand 🤕👍

[@b3nd3rxt113]

Greetings, 65$ is a steal, could you tell me where did you order that? Crashed mine today, luckily camera and electronics are intact, but all arms, frame and one rear motor are dead. F**ked up myself, didn't see a wire over my head and hooked up with rear arms on it. I was so lucky to have some practice with manual mode and flip it off with only front motors, but 25 meters are 25 meters, yikes.

[@mlunden11]

Thanks brother great vid

[@dokgucci9858]

Solid guide! And if you want the replacement arm as quickly possible, i ordered one on banggood and came in 1 week! Also ordered from ebay a day earlier and is expected to arrive in 2 months

[@uiopuiop3472]

pen pineapple apple penny

[@patrickeul]

Good stuff!

[@VOW2RICH]

Thank you!!

[@djwak59]

Having just purchased one of these, because of the price drop, I’m assuming I might have to repair mine sometime in the future. DJI really didn’t make it easy to replace the arms ! One negative for you, I could have done without the metal soundtrack, otherwise, thanks for posting.

[@BuildBreakBuilds]

I would tape all 3 wires together so you can have a stiffer bundle when passing it through.

[@sammygizmo7087]

Subbed and liked!!! Amazing teardown and restoration. Best regards from the Philippines.

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Much appreciated!!! 🤓👍

[@superdidom84]

Thanks a lot man. Just broke the same arm...

[@superdidom84]

And repaired it today! Thanks a lot, again! Happy flying :)

[@willieamgurb2392]

thanx bro

[@hanamichizakuragi5021]

Good job buddy - im going to replace my front left arm and also the rear one bec the antenna was damaged on the rear so i have to buy the rear arm that comes with antenna

[@adlert6768]

Great video! Thanks so much. I needed to replace a faulty motor (bearing going south prematurely) on my right rear arm and your video undoubtedly saved me tons of hassle and potential destruction. Greatly appreciated!!! One comment; I believe (90 % certain) that on your reassembly you might have made one minor mistake. When replacing the two little metal strips that serve to keep the antenna connections down and in place, I believe you may have put the rear of these UNDER the little plastic screen (downstream of the onboard cooling fan) whereas I believe the metal keeper piece should actually go above the plastic attachment hole for the screen so it can act as a washer of sorts for the screws holding it all together. Looking early on in the video this seems to be where they were originally placed by DJI. Looking at around 11:14 - 11:20 it appears you may have reversed the order.

[@spyridonros]

Nice job and music. Great video

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Thank you much!!! 😊

[@rabbitrabbit7420]

You make it look so easy!

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Thanks!!! It took a little while so I don't plan on crashing again soon

[@JamesDBuzzard]

Super great tutorial my man!! Definitely needed this 😅

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Thanks man!!! 🤓👍

[@solfpv2713]

Gonna have to archive this one for my future repairs! Lol . Xmas can’t come soon enough

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Hope you get one! I don't wish for you to crash though... but at least you know there are some parts floating around out there in case

[@AndresSanchez-io1oi]

Merry Christmas

[@rumzombie7525]

Thanks for sharing this , well done 👍🏼

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

No problem and thank you! 👍

[@jayboddie8718]

I'm at the part with the soldering but never soldering before. Do you just hold the rod on the solder till soft and pull on wires to take out and vice versa to re solder? I saw other repairs and they did not add solder to the board to resolder not sure what to do

[@devon582]

Can you do a video on the sensors removal and installation mines went bad after a crash?

[@fpvpilot7713]

Great video, I bet some tear down units and sell the parts. Sure will help. I had the idea of using a small piece of piano wire to pull the wires through the arm, you could use tape or solder and pull one wire at a time. You would think dji would sell all the parts.

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Thank you!!! Good idea on the wires I was trying to find a simple way but spent too much time on it. I just got some parts in from this website i know they are selling fast: cloudcitydrones.com/collections/dji-fpv-series-parts/

[@ISignedUpJustToBitch]

Well done mate

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Thank you!!!

[@27jezus]

I have a DJI FPV and it has arm broken apparently frame as well. Would it have more internal damages what you recon? I am buying to repair for myself. Cost around 120USD for the broken drone

[@goncaloserafim2954]

Please, what is your solder Power?!? Couldn't make with mine. It's 60watts.

[@sarangchawl]

CAN ANYBODY HELP ME ? i AM GETTING THIS ERROR AFTER REPLACING ARM. Propulsion systems autocheck error ESC ERROR

[@timorohde95]

seems to be a little tricky but definetly doable

[@S1mples]

Thx, i need this tutorial :) My left back motor is broken/overheated from the last crash.

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Sorry to hear, hope you get back flyin soon!

[@ArtemKanash]

crashed today, going to repeat the same repair)))

[@Bigfarmffs]

How many watt is your heater thing? I bought one at 25w. Seems to little

[@emsman59]

That's ALOT of work! I can see many things going wrong if you are not EXTREMELY careful.

[@SteveWard151]

Exactly right. This is NOT a simple project. My arm and motor are fine. Flies perfect. It is my lights on that arm that is not working. Left front arm. I will let DJI fix it. I am a clutz and a jinx

[@rre9518]

I lost the whole motor assembly. Where can I find a replacement assembly that has motor, the spring, and the plastic cap. to attach the prop?

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

cloudcitydrones.com has motors plates and springs, they are sold separately

[@shortgr1426]

Very helpful video thank you. Looking to replace my broken left rear arm.What type of soldering tin did you use ?

[@1957marca]

I don't see how you reattached the lights board but I have a mini glue gun and glued it back in

[@darbyluke_]

Your the best

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Thanks my dude!

[@Thunder208]

Why the music??? I heat that because it sow disturbing when you are watching the clip.

[@MaXouJayLo]

Hello, is it feasible for a DIY novice?

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

As long as you have some soldering experience I would say yes

[@TheMalgora]

thanks fo this video, I'm yet to get my replacment arm, but trying to study up on how to do this procedure. you make it look somewhat easy, I im getting nervous the more i see my broken drone sitting there, do you have any tips on getting the wires through the arm? that looked like the hardest part.

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Fishing the wires through the arm can be a little tough but not impossible, I recommend fishing one at a time and remove the tape that wraps them from factory. It took me a few hours to complete process but I was also recording video and dealing with camera angles etc. Good luck, take your time and be patient it will be fine

[@TheMalgora]

@@oscarmeyerfpv2155 Hey dude, finally got to fixing mine the first arm came broken so another 3 weeks later a new one arrived, I can't thank you enough for this video, all the other skip on the details, I've lost all confidence flying now unfortunatly.

[@KatanaFPV]

@@TheMalgora gain that confidence back now? any more fixed since then? let me know! gaining as much info as possible so I know what to expect!

[@midnighttoreo]

awesome

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Thank you! 🤓👍

[@cappymccappy3017]

Would'nt Carbon Fiber Body parts hold up better if they make them?

[@allthenamesaretaken2]

Moulding carbon parts to intricate shapes would be expensive. I doubt you'll see any aftermarket carbon frames for this. Plus, DJI is running their own insurance product, durable drone wont benefit them really.

[@hquiroz113064]

Broke my front right arm yesterday. Wondering if switching all the guts from the DJI drone to another frame is doable?

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

I think it could be possible, will be interesting to see if any frame concepts come about. Hopefully DJI will unlock some tuning parameters in the future with firmware updates, but I won't hold my breath. Sorry to hear about the breakage, it is a sad feeling I know...

[@KatanaFPV]

@@oscarmeyerfpv2155 has anything like this been done yet? I can't get over how fragile the drone is in its default state.

[@Sir_Hubris]

Kewl M8, thx for sharing, sorry about your crash! ¶ ;-)--~

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Was a bad day but turned out good now that it is fixed, thanks!!!

[@jonathanbecerra1853]

do simple repairs like this void the dpi care refresh warranty?

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

I would think so but I don't know for sure, I do not have myself

[@RonWilliams215]

Your front drone arm LEDS where not working after you put everything back together to test. Why so? I performed the same procedure and the same thing happened to me. Trying to troubleshoot what could have happened as I thought the only thing we messed with was the back arm.

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Good eye, I assumed I lost those in the crash but didn't notice until I had it back together, I haven't tried to get back in since it has been working fine other than those lights. Let me know what you find and I will do same. Thanks for watching!

[@RonWilliams215]

@@oscarmeyerfpv2155 as of right now my drone is opened up. I also noticed that the drone (with props off) automatically turns off when I give it full throttle in manual mode. Can you confirm that is normal? Thank you. I will keep you posted on my LED findings!

[@RonWilliams215]

Despite the motors automatically shutting off when on full throttle and no props (must be safety mechanism), the drone flies in all modes, and at all throttle levels. Still troubleshooting the LED.

[@RonWilliams215]

LED light can be fixed by opening up front landing gear (2 screws) and plugging in attenna or led connector (and making sure the led is plugged into ESC. If they are all plugged in, then the board is bad in that leg. You can go on Amazon/DJI and buy replacement landing gear which comes with boards. Easily fixed by swapping out the board. 🤟 Thanks again for the video. It helped. www.reddit.com/r/dji/comments/m5rxk9/dji_fpv_front_right_leds_not_working_any_ideas/?

[@RonWilliams215]

I can confirm that replacing the landing gear (board) on the leg with broken LED light has solved the problem. All LEDs work.👍

[@2ndamendment2death72]

Please tell me you live in California

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Sorry no

[@mmstudiosroosendaal1329]

I can't find the rear part for under the motors, with the little brake light, anywhere

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

cloudcitydrones.com/collections/dji-fpv-series-parts/products/dji-fpv-drone-rear-right-aircraft-arm-cover This place just shipped my order from about 3 weeks ago so they are starting to get some parts in... this part still shows backorder

[@mmstudiosroosendaal1329]

@@oscarmeyerfpv2155 I was able to find them by searching dji fpv drone rear arm covers on ebay and aliexpress. You have to buy the little transparent led cover seperate though, but it is also available which is nice. btw i just saw your front right arm is missing this led cover. here is a link for this part! nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005002352237266.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.22474c4dDgIy8O thanks for replying trying to help. Did your drone feel like brand new while flying after you repaired it?

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

@@mmstudiosroosendaal1329 awesome thanks, also in addition to the cover being missing the lights on front arm haven't worked since the crash, was hoping to find something while it was apart but no luck with that. I was able to keep flying it while waiting for parts due to my internal and external epoxy repair on the arm. It never changed the way it flew between repairs, it was stable the whole way.

[@chrisbee5481]

Nice. Want to order spare arms on Aliexpress. But you never know which one is going to break. How long did the work take you? 🤔

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Thanks! Good question, I believe it took me about 3 hours but that includes setting up cameras and gathering tools etc. I think it could be done in an hour roughly with everything in place.

[@chrisbee5481]

@@oscarmeyerfpv2155 In have CR, but replacing the whole drone for 280 Euro extra charge makes no sence. Do you know how much dji wants for arm repair?

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

@@chrisbee5481 no I don't know the price

[@mulekdrones]

Top que pena que caiu

[@RCRitterFPV]

I ordered front arms... haven't arrived yet... broke rear arm. will order rear now... next time..

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

I feel ya, I am contemplating ordering front arms as well but I don't plan on crashing again... didn't think I was going to crash initially either so maybe worth having around...

[@RCRitterFPV]

@@oscarmeyerfpv2155 well my custom real fpv quads were down... So i was getting a little adventurous... big problem was it didn't disarm and went and destroyed itself in the woods. hit a small branch, goggles filled with errors, quad went nuts. great video of it... started so nice flying with geese...

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

@@RCRitterFPV ima go watch your vids now, thanks!

[@Silva820]

Will doing a minor repair like this void my DJI care insurance?

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Not sure about that, I did not end up purchasing the insurance... but the drone is still going strong from these repairs...

[@thomasbinder4905]

perfekt...vid ...i save it. i hope i need it never.

[@christopherhinton9642]

What temperature did you set your solder at

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

I was using a cheap Weller fixed temperature iron from Home Depot, it gets the job done soldering ESC and flight controller connections on my builds so I have yet to go to a variable one.

[@christopherhinton9642]

@@oscarmeyerfpv2155 do you know what temperature the fixed one is?

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

@@christopherhinton9642 It is a 40W version and the retail package shows up to 900 F but I dont have a way to verify the actual

[@moviemetal6785]

I need a tutorial for the front left arm replacement, know of any?

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

There are a few full teardown videos but I haven't seen just front arm yet. I hopefully won't have to make that video... I do believe it is very similar to doing the rear arm, just the cable routing is a little more for front from what I can tell...

[@moviemetal6785]

@@oscarmeyerfpv2155 The plastic cracked on my front left arm but the wires to the motor are still intact. Theres this little half inch board in the arm that has 3 really skinny wires coming out of it. Is that part of the arm itself? I'm guessing it is. I just bought the arm from rotorlogic so hopefully its not difficult to put on here

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

@@moviemetal6785 the arm will come with antenna wire but motor wires stay with motor and you will have to desolder those to remove arm

[@spectre3492]

@@oscarmeyerfpv2155 hey oscar, i got the front arm off and pulled the wires out from the ESC and Im ready to put them back in. I have a couple questions: where do I reconnect the LED connector from the new arm? Second, theres a black wire that has a gold push-on connector to goes to the antenna in the arm. I pushed that back onto the antenna but where do I resolder it back on the other side? And three, what did you end up using to re-wrap the wires so they will fit back in through the tunnel they came out of? Could they have made this more difficult to replace.

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

@@spectre3492 The LED connector goes on the same ESC board that the motor wires are soldered to. It connects on underneath side where motor wires are. The push on connector for antenna should have connector on both sides I believe. The drone side connector is under the clamp that I loosened in my video in the front position. When i put wires back through arm I tried using shrink warp but had trouble feeding so ended up with no wire wrap at all to get them through.

[@djbis]

Some DJI executive out in China is like: "Those damn American FPV rebels are at it again with their "self repair" and tutorials and sh*t. I thought we told them to leave our proprietary technology alone and spend more money on a new drone instead! “ Sorry DJI, FPV = we take everything apart and we put it back together. lol we crash it and we fix it the same day. 😁

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

You're right... it has to be a money making scheme on their part. They coulda made it stronger, the tech already exists for that... but yes we can fix it!!! 🤓👍

[@thomasbinder4905]

sorry... i am again. how mutch money you pay for the part,s...

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

When I purchased from Ebay there were none available anywhere else and the cost was around $25 dollars shipped. Thanks

[@thomasbinder4905]

@@oscarmeyerfpv2155 you are soooooo coool !

[@Helitrexs]

It doesn’t looks easy. I just crashed my Fpv last week. Still waiting all the paper work-for shipping back-to repairs

[@spectre3492]

its not, i just took it apart. the hardest part is getting all of the screws out and then feeding the wires out of the drone without ripping them out. its very tedious and annoying as shit

[@spoonblender797]

Awful music, no commentary, this is not a tutorial.

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

Valid criticism... the format is designed for the busy person doing research on their mobile device... I am a hobbyist and provide content for fun and to share my experiences... Hopefully it has helped some along the way... I appreciate your feedback either way! 🤓👍

[@spoonblender797]

@@oscarmeyerfpv2155 Well it helped me after I hit the mute button 😁

[@oscarmeyerfpv2155]

🤣 I'll take it