Tutorial: How to disassemble teardown a Neato Botvac Connected

[@Neko-ry1dh]

Thanks for your help 👍🏾

[@almadeliatorres6654]

Но шзз

[@TheBoringCreatr]

Got a used D85 today. had to get off the bumber to fix the switch.. just the plastic piece fell off, Put it back on and it works. Thaks for the vid!

[@havocsdragon]

You have just saved me so much sanity trying to find how to open my D3. Thank you!

[@tabletmctablet]

No problem! Glad you found my video helpful! :)

[@jay21tech]

Appreciate the video! Had an issue with the latch not locking in. Needed a video to take it apart and this did the trick. Found that the plastic piece that locks it in was broken.

[@tjlwolf]

Jay what was your solution? I have same issue. Clip that holds down dustbin has sprung or broke

[@tjlwolf]

JayTech what was your solution? I have same issue on my D3.

[@tabletmctablet]

@@tjlwolf Hey bud, Its quite a common fault on all Neatos from Botvacs onwards, when they changed the bin style. The plastic clip on the bin itself, can be bent outwards from the main bin body, be very careful, it can break if you are too rough on it. Then the increase in friction should hold the bin in. Alternatively, the part on the main robot body that the clip on the bin mates with, can get debris stuck in it, stopping it from bending to retain the bin clip, I found a stone in one once, removed it and everything worked fine, but I had to remove the robot top cover to have a look.

[@tabletmctablet]

Hope that helps. I can post a quick vid if you need, but it might take a couple of days for me to upload it.

[@tabletmctablet]

My apologies, I wrote while on the bus and not in front of a Neato. The clip is all in the main body, you do need to remove the top cover to be able to clean it of debris or bend it so it has correct friction against the bin. If your bot is still bad after investigating, then there is one more thing to try, the rubber button that tells the bot that the bin is in place, wears out and can be repaired with some carbon paint.

[@NanookoftheNorth1]

Thanks for the video. Have a D5 and never needed to open it until today. I wasn't sure about the long Torx 5 or 10. Yup it's a 10.

[@cks2020693]

The hardest part of this was to find a Torx 10 driver Thanks for the tips!

[@daedmo70]

05/25/2022 Found a 3 pac at Lowes 21/4" long. DEWALT DWA2TX101R3 Worked 4 me

[@jesustakethewheel3879]

Thank you for this video. I just took apart my D3 Connected and replaced the LIDAR motor, using your guides

[@tabletmctablet]

You are very welcome!

[@tscie5504]

I thought the motor is under the round Neato circle at the top. On this video I didn't see that removed. Where exactly is the Lidar motor.

[@tabletmctablet]

@@tscie5504 The Lidar motor is attached to the Lidar assembly, its all in my other video I show the Lidar being taken out and replaced , the motor is attached to that assembly. Hope that helps!

[@tuttiberlin]

Thanks. This was soooo helpful!

[@quank32]

Thanks a lot for posting this.

[@tabletmctablet]

No Probs, happy to help share the knowledge.

[@DanBaxter]

Really appreciate this. Was able to replace the belt on the side brush.

[@tabletmctablet]

Hey Dan! Glad to be able to help out! M.

[@f.l.w.7957]

Excellent help video. Thx a lot.

[@stephanienobecourt5056]

Thank you! I was able to take apart my robot and fix the issue with the laser.

[@tabletmctablet]

You're very welcome! Glad I could help out!

[@rickshell]

thanks for this. still helpful!

[@tabletmctablet]

You are welcome, funnily enough I used it myself the other day.

[@BoRosén-d5j]

The sidebrush in my Neato D7 Connected stopped working. But I managed to replace the O-ring with help of an instruction-video. 2 rubber rektangulär rubbers size:10x7x5 mm fell out when disassembled, Cannot find any place for them!? Where are they supposed to be mounted? The rubbers must be som sort of chockabsorbers? Anyway, the machine seem to be working without them (for now).

[@semybenmustapha1671]

Hello, thanks for the video. It helped me open it up to set up a new belt for the side brush. Once reassembled, the main buttons were not clicking anymore (arranged that by unscrewing the main T10 screws but i'm pretty sure they were not that loose before disassembling), and main issue is that my neato won't work anymore and keeps saying "...push switch DOWN to ON" when docked.. Undocked, it stays up for few seconds only... Saw on forums that it is advised to switch battery, but mine was ok before disassembling... Any tips?? Thanks

[@tabletmctablet]

Hey Semy! It sounds like you are suffering from the bin not sitting down in its hole properly. It is held in by friction and it doesnt always work, I've seen it before and cant remember exactly what I did to cure it. What you could try is to get some thin cardboard, like a cereal box or similar and wedge it in between the body and the edge of the bin to help hold it in place, see if that helps!

[@JamesIII]

Thanks for help, stone was jammed between lidar belt and pulley, error messages on these are really poor, press ok to continue x/

[@DimitriRoegiers]

Very helpful, thanks!

[@tabletmctablet]

No problem, glad to help!

[@jamesdewilde3511]

You didnt mention that the torx screws are safety torx. Dropped my t10 regular bit in one of the deep holes and its stuck and now i cant get it apart

[@tabletmctablet]

The Robot I took apart in this video doesn't have any security torx, they were all non-security type. I'd have mentioned it in the required tools I put up, if there had been a need.

[@Miller3492]

Thank you!!

[@CharalamposKoundourakis]

Legend

[@taskete]

Thank you! :)

[@tscie5504]

Where is the motor on the Botvac D3?

[@tabletmctablet]

Its in the same place at the back under the laser tower, all Neato models have the same basic layout :).

[@edwarddiaz3616]

Never finish the instructions?

[@HorsepowerHouse]

Let it be known that many of the newer Neato Botvacs have "tamper-proof" torx T10 screws. And you have to have the right tool to remove them. So dumb.

[@tabletmctablet]

Great tip, thanks for the info, presumably that would be the D3, D5 and beyond series? For UK viewers, somewhere like ToolStation should be able to supply you with one of these cheap kits which have "Security Torx" bits as they are known as here. www.toolstation.com/draper-security-bit-set/p52910?store=ON&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0fr_BRDaARIsAABw4EtgQMib_cfFYfEC8M-yGhwSQTLrqQYwwNff8nCWAsAiB_jJk62ICroaAgnzEALw_wcB

[@HorsepowerHouse]

@@tabletmctablet I think some of the older models only use the standard Torx bits. But that's just what I have seen on KZbin. I guess the owner will know.

[@tabletmctablet]

@@HorsepowerHouse All of the Series earlier than the connected that I have encountered (XV) have used the regular non-security Torx, I've been through most of them, I used to buy and sell quite a lot online.

[@Sky1]

play at 2x speed so you dont grow old watching

[@tabletmctablet]

Hahahaha. Yes, please do. I personally aged 30 years just making this vid.

[@Sky1]

@@tabletmctablet But was very helpful, I had to replace a front switch that I ordered off Ebay for like $10. The trick was to make sure everything seats right when reassembling and watch for any pinched wires. Thanks for the video!