Difficulty
Easy
Steps
8
Time Required
30 - 40 minutes
Sections
2
- Bottom Cover
- 3 steps
- Gyroscope Sensor Boards
- 5 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Bottom Cover
- Flip the hoverboard over so the labels are facing upwards.
- Remove the twenty 18mm screws using a Phillips #2 screwdriver and twisting counterclockwise.
Flip the hoverboard over so the labels are facing upwards.
Remove the twenty 18mm screws using a Phillips #2 screwdriver and twisting counterclockwise.
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Step 2
- Remove the bottom cover by lifting it away from the hoverboard.
- The cover on the side without the battery has two wires connecting the power button and charging port.
Remove the bottom cover by lifting it away from the hoverboard.
The cover on the side without the battery has two wires connecting the power button and charging port.
Step 3
- Remove one connector from the non-battery side circuit board.
- Remove the next connector from the non-battery side circuit board.
- To remove the connectors, pinch the plug and pull away from the circuit board.
Remove one connector from the non-battery side circuit board.
Remove the next connector from the non-battery side circuit board.
To remove the connectors, pinch the plug and pull away from the circuit board.
Step 4
Gyroscope Sensor Boards
- Place the hoverboard so the sensor boards face you.
Place the hoverboard so the sensor boards face you.
Step 5
- Remove battery connector by pulling it apart.
- Slide the rubber sheaths away from the connector on the blue, green, and yellow wires.
- Disconnect the colored wires by pulling them apart.
- The large colored wires connecting the sensor boards to the wheels need to match for the motor to operate correctly.
Remove battery connector by pulling it apart.
Slide the rubber sheaths away from the connector on the blue, green, and yellow wires.
Disconnect the colored wires by pulling them apart.
The large colored wires connecting the sensor boards to the wheels need to match for the motor to operate correctly.
Step 6
- Remove the white cable from the sensor boards by disconnecting the cable on each side of the hoverboard.
- To release the cable connector, squeeze the sides while pulling it away from the sensor board.
Remove the white cable from the sensor boards by disconnecting the cable on each side of the hoverboard.
To release the cable connector, squeeze the sides while pulling it away from the sensor board.
Step 7
- Remove the four 10mm screws with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.
Remove the four 10mm screws with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.
Step 8
- Remove the sensor board by lifting it away from the hoverboard.
- Repeat steps 4-8 to remove the sensor board from the other side.
Remove the sensor board by lifting it away from the hoverboard.
Repeat steps 4-8 to remove the sensor board from the other side.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Clifton Hale - Jan 22, 2019
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Where can you purchase the replacement board for the Hover-1 liberty?
Tim Sole - Dec 27, 2019
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Where do you get replacement board?
Regina - Jan 11, 2020
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After riding just a few times the hover board wouldn’t move. Also it has a rattle inside
tim stoinski - Jan 15, 2020
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Make this site useful by telling us where we can buy a new circuit board.
markrichardowen - May 22, 2021
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Where do you get circuit board from.
