Extra tips coming in as we go: - Put a bit dielectric grease (sometimes reffered ro as tune-up grease) on your motor cable plug to prevent any water to get in the connection. This is a silicone-based grease that repels moisture and protects electrical components against corrosion. It is also used to keep dirt, water, and other elements out of electrical connections.
Fyi i just started wateproofing my board today. This video is great and I can add that Tony has now protected certain areas even more! Particularly the wires around the power button on the inside of the controller
This is great. Thank you. May be start a series for the ADV of how to...put life savers on, change of tyre, dropping rail height, different tyre options, rails options, 3d printed accessories.
Nice Video! But bad timing, cuz I just badgered my adv 1 day before this video came out 😅 I did not silicone all places that you covered in the video. So I will catch up on that. I think badgering the motor cable connector is very important. Even Tony mentioned this under my video, where I rode my board in the snow. I used non flowable silicone around that connector. Hopefully I can scrape that off the next time I need to unplug the motor 🤞
The ptft tape isn’t needed I would argue. The way this designed, the nut will put pressure on the plastic fingers, the fingers will clamp down on a rubber ring. If you want to use the ptft tape it should be making the rubber ring tighter and not the treads. Great video for the rest.
Though I appreciate these guys uploading the video, a lot in it seems overkill to me. I think Toni did a pretty good job already of preparing this board for rainy rides. Also, the factory glitches mentioned in this video weren’t so apparent in my board. This video does not really do justice to the amount of work Toni has done for waterproofing I think. But nevertheless thanks for the video! I watched it quite a few times
Do you use loctite on plastics ? I juste received my board and i dont know if i do use loctite on plastics. I read on reddit, loctite eats plastics. Thanks you
I know this is quite an old video, but I'm a student and am trying to see how much I'd have to save up to get a floatwheel. How much did the entire badgering process cost you?
This is an air vent for the batterybox. There is a goretex sticker on the inside which lets heat, airpressure and moisture (if that somehow came in) through. The sticker doesn't let moisture in. Not too clever blocking it. As far as we know it works fine. (That means that until now we haven't heard that it didn't work properly)
Yes, it seems that it is done well by Tony. Only thing where it could possibly come in is between/around those wires. For the rest there was a lot of black silicon from Tony.
Extra tips coming in as we go:
- Put a bit dielectric grease (sometimes reffered ro as tune-up grease) on your motor cable plug to prevent any water to get in the connection.
This is a silicone-based grease that repels moisture and protects electrical components against corrosion. It is also used to keep dirt, water, and other elements out of electrical
connections.
Appreciate the thorough process. Was able to repeat on my board with no issues!
I also installed a 3D printed bearing cover while i was at it.
Great process & video! Only problem is that I just want to assemble and ride my new ADV.
Fyi i just started wateproofing my board today. This video is great and I can add that Tony has now protected certain areas even more! Particularly the wires around the power button on the inside of the controller
This is great. Thank you. May be start a series for the ADV of how to...put life savers on, change of tyre, dropping rail height, different tyre options, rails options, 3d printed accessories.
Nice! I didn't think about applying silicone on the core's motor cable.
Nice Video! But bad timing, cuz I just badgered my adv 1 day before this video came out 😅
I did not silicone all places that you covered in the video. So I will catch up on that.
I think badgering the motor cable connector is very important. Even Tony mentioned this under my video, where I rode my board in the snow.
I used non flowable silicone around that connector. Hopefully I can scrape that off the next time I need to unplug the motor 🤞
Thanks for the tips! There's definitely stuff I missed. Luckily my v2 plastics are waiting, so gonna redo my waterproofing as well.
The ptft tape isn’t needed I would argue. The way this designed, the nut will put pressure on the plastic fingers, the fingers will clamp down on a rubber ring. If you want to use the ptft tape it should be making the rubber ring tighter and not the treads. Great video for the rest.
Though I appreciate these guys uploading the video, a lot in it seems overkill to me. I think Toni did a pretty good job already of preparing this board for rainy rides. Also, the factory glitches mentioned in this video weren’t so apparent in my board. This video does not really do justice to the amount of work Toni has done for waterproofing I think. But nevertheless thanks for the video! I watched it quite a few times
In one of Tony's videos I noticed he applied alot of these measures on his board too...
Thanks for sharing !
Do you use loctite on plastics ? I juste received my board and i dont know if i do use loctite on plastics. I read on reddit, loctite eats plastics.
Thanks you
I know this is quite an old video, but I'm a student and am trying to see how much I'd have to save up to get a floatwheel. How much did the entire badgering process cost you?
Only like 10 to 15 euro for the silicone I guess. Not much.😊👍
What kind of silicon did you use?
Good video
Can I use tape for leaks
Thanks for this!!
Is there a reason the blank connector on the battery box has those gaps? Am I ok to fill them in with silicone?
This is an air vent for the batterybox. There is a goretex sticker on the inside which lets heat, airpressure and moisture (if that somehow came in) through.
The sticker doesn't let moisture in.
Not too clever blocking it. As far as we know it works fine. (That means that until now we haven't heard that it didn't work properly)
@@luukbron better remove the silicone I just put on those gaps then, hadn't I? 🤣
I didn’t get how you manage to silicon the back of the charge port? You only silicon the black and red wire ?
Yes, it seems that it is done well by Tony. Only thing where it could possibly come in is between/around those wires.
For the rest there was a lot of black silicon from Tony.