This is great. Thanks! For some dumb reason I thought initially that that motor shaft turned in the magnet housing that is coupled to camera pitch & then camera. It makes perfect sense that the shaft is fixed to the magnet housing so that when it rotates it then rotates pot (variable resistor - black gizmo turned by flatted shaft) on control board. I still have not performed repair for my loose motor after very hard landing, but this repair is making more sense now. If I got it right, the motor shaft is friction fit into bushing which is friction fit into plastic plate. I would expect the "looseness" I am experiencing is where the bushing is pushed into plastic plate and probably not motor shaft to bushing. I suppose capillary action of super glue could help either of those. I would guess using non-gel version of glue would be the best... Thanks too for alignment tip on positioning of shaft flat with camera in neutral (zero roll) position.
cdnstudman, you saved my life! Thank you so much! I couldn't figure what I was doing wrong and was almost getting ready to buy the only replacement part DJI offers, a whole new camera and gimbal assembly! Thank goodness it was this easy! Mahalo nui loa! :)
When you say "shaky", were you just getting jello? Or was it visibly shaking?Cuando dices "tembloroso", ¿estabas recibiendo gelatina? ¿O estaba temblando visiblemente?
This video saved my a$$ as well... Problem though, I have to keep doing this adjustment every 5-10 flights (the alignment / back plate part). I haven't done the super glue part yet, because I haven't removed the front, round piece at the start of your video. Do you think I need to do the glue part to keep from having to readjust every few flights? Thanks for the help
I'm confused. Seems like the motor shaft would need to turn in the end bell. Do you put the drop of glue in the center hole of the end bell of the motor that is glued into the roll motor arm? Technically if you had room could you glue the shaft from the other side.
I think I answered in new comment - Aug 2019 - I had the same question initially.. Shaft needs to not rotate in magnet housing, but flat needs to be in correct position as shown in video.
Mine is properly aligned but the camera still twists around. It shows this little green light just above the gumball and turns orange afterwards. Please I need help
Yo cdnstudman ,, my gimbal has been slowly getting worse and worse over time. mine wobbles and shakes pretty bad during fwd flight but ok otherwise. tonight i heard some guys riding dirt bikes and 4 wheelers about a 1/2 mile from my house on some trails located near me and i decided to go trolling a bit and see what they were up to. low and behold my gimbal got a LOT worse about the time i found their trucks. for a second i thought they were shooting my dam bird out the sky! yeah it's that bad. so anyhow i stumbled across this video and have some questions I'm hoping you can answer rather quickly. first of all, is this a part two video? The beginning suggest it is as you're in mid explanation as soon as the video starts. 2nd, how did you simply pull the gimbal apart? are there no screws or anything holding it on there? i feel like I'm about to break mine when i pull at it. mine is pretty well aligned but I'm wanting to clean it out in detail, blow out the magnets etc. because I've landed in Sandy conditions and witnessed the sand clouds circling the motors. did you remove the ribbon cable directly connected on the right hand side of the box shown here? Thanks and as always good video dawg!!
+ezridr1234 Hey, sorry it was just a one part video. the 2 halves of the gimbal will just pull apart if the bearing has let go. you can remove the 5 screws on the back of the gimbal to see if the half moon looking this is lined up like in the video. if it is, just you a can of compressed air to clean the gimbal out. if it is not, then you need to try to fix it. do not pry the 2 halves apart, if they are solid together, then the bearing has not let go. try an IMU calibration followed by gimbal calibration. This repair in the video is only suggested for gimbal that are already split, so be careful and hope you figure it out.
+cdnstudman hello sir please where would I put the glue into. my gimbal is split apart and I have an error message saying gimbal motor overload. I need your kind assistance. thank you.
+Amarh Ashitei Derrick yes! that attaches to the other half and should freely spin afterwords. don't know why they designed it like that. just be sure it's lined up correctly. meaning both sides are square to one another and the half moon flat side is level when assembled. both of mine were slightly offset from level from the factory if you mess up a little it won't hurt it because you'll do another calibration immediately following it drying. the calibration should bring it back to level even if the parts are not precise.
+Genhao Shi no, not always, this is just if the shaft has become disconnected from the outer half of the motor. You may still need gimbal ribbons or other repairs.
+Adam Shaw (Paper Faces) BUT, I think I'm due to win the lotto tonight, so that would rock. Hit a tree in follow me mode when it suddenly backed up 30-40 feet while I was moving forward.
+cdnstudman yep, I'm still not sure about those new modes, won't be using them with mine for some time. I have a Parrot mini drone as well as my Phantom and that has flown away on me a number of times..... Good luck with the lottery 😬
If it's mis-aligned, I'm assuming he was getting visible shakes. That would make sense for a hardware mis-alignment. Most Jello is from high shutter speeds and propeller vibrations I've noticed.
This is great. Thanks! For some dumb reason I thought initially that that motor shaft turned in the magnet housing that is coupled to camera pitch & then camera. It makes perfect sense that the shaft is fixed to the magnet housing so that when it rotates it then rotates pot (variable resistor - black gizmo turned by flatted shaft) on control board. I still have not performed repair for my loose motor after very hard landing, but this repair is making more sense now. If I got it right, the motor shaft is friction fit into bushing which is friction fit into plastic plate. I would expect the "looseness" I am experiencing is where the bushing is pushed into plastic plate and probably not motor shaft to bushing. I suppose capillary action of super glue could help either of those. I would guess using non-gel version of glue would be the best... Thanks too for alignment tip on positioning of shaft flat with camera in neutral (zero roll) position.
cdnstudman, you saved my life! Thank you so much! I couldn't figure what I was doing wrong and was almost getting ready to buy the only replacement part DJI offers, a whole new camera and gimbal assembly! Thank goodness it was this easy! Mahalo nui loa! :)
+7steven Glad it helped, thanks for watching
HOLY SHIT i just fixed my standard funny thing is that i ordered an advanced yesterday :/ THANK YOU!
thanks! Greatly appreciate this as an additional awareness of gimbal fixes.
You saved my drone gimbal. Thanks!
+Bruno Faria Glad it helped
When you say "shaky", were you just getting jello? Or was it visibly shaking?Cuando dices "tembloroso", ¿estabas recibiendo gelatina? ¿O estaba temblando visiblemente?
When you pull the camera off of the shaft--how did you do that? I didn't want to pull too hard, but it didn't look like you did. Thanks.
This video saved my a$$ as well... Problem though, I have to keep doing this adjustment every 5-10 flights (the alignment / back plate part). I haven't done the super glue part yet, because I haven't removed the front, round piece at the start of your video. Do you think I need to do the glue part to keep from having to readjust every few flights? Thanks for the help
Did Dji use glue to connect those two parts too? If not, what is the connection between those two parts
I'm confused. Seems like the motor shaft would need to turn in the end bell.
Do you put the drop of glue in the center hole of the end bell of the motor that is glued into the roll motor arm?
Technically if you had room could you glue the shaft from the other side.
I think I answered in new comment - Aug 2019 - I had the same question initially.. Shaft needs to not rotate in magnet housing, but flat needs to be in correct position as shown in video.
did you use super glue ?? thanks
Mine is properly aligned but the camera still twists around. It shows this little green light just above the gumball and turns orange afterwards. Please I need help
Yo cdnstudman ,, my gimbal has been slowly getting worse and worse over time. mine wobbles and shakes pretty bad during fwd flight but ok otherwise.
tonight i heard some guys riding dirt bikes and 4 wheelers about a 1/2 mile from my house on some trails located near me and i decided to go trolling a bit and see what they were up to.
low and behold my gimbal got a LOT worse about the time i found their trucks. for a second i thought they were shooting my dam bird out the sky! yeah it's that bad.
so anyhow i stumbled across this video and have some questions I'm hoping you can answer rather quickly.
first of all, is this a part two video?
The beginning suggest it is as you're in mid explanation as soon as the video starts.
2nd, how did you simply pull the gimbal apart? are there no screws or anything holding it on there?
i feel like I'm about to break mine when i pull at it.
mine is pretty well aligned but I'm wanting to clean it out in detail, blow out the magnets etc. because I've landed in Sandy conditions and witnessed the sand clouds circling the motors.
did you remove the ribbon cable directly connected on the right hand side of the box shown here?
Thanks and as always good video dawg!!
+ezridr1234 Hey, sorry it was just a one part video. the 2 halves of the gimbal will just pull apart if the bearing has let go. you can remove the 5 screws on the back of the gimbal to see if the half moon looking this is lined up like in the video. if it is, just you a can of compressed air to clean the gimbal out. if it is not, then you need to try to fix it. do not pry the 2 halves apart, if they are solid together, then the bearing has not let go. try an IMU calibration followed by gimbal calibration. This repair in the video is only suggested for gimbal that are already split, so be careful and hope you figure it out.
+cdnstudman hello sir please where would I put the glue into. my gimbal is split apart and I have an error message saying gimbal motor overload. I need your kind assistance. thank you.
+Amarh Ashitei Derrick watch the video carefully. you place it on the half moon part in the center. do not allow the glue to go over the sides of it.
+ezridr1234 on the round metal with the half moon ryt.
+Amarh Ashitei Derrick yes! that attaches to the other half and should freely spin afterwords.
don't know why they designed it like that. just be sure it's lined up correctly. meaning both sides are square to one another and the half moon flat side is level when assembled.
both of mine were slightly offset from level from the factory
if you mess up a little it won't hurt it because you'll do another calibration immediately following it drying.
the calibration should bring it back to level even if the parts are not precise.
How is it now?
Awesome repair video.
And will this way fix all the problems?
+Genhao Shi no, not always, this is just if the shaft has become disconnected from the outer half of the motor. You may still need gimbal ribbons or other repairs.
+cdnstudman Yeah, I have the same problem, my cable ribbon isn't broken. Do u think it's worth to by a gimbal protector after fixing like u did
It didn't work for me
Dude.... Bad luck, what you hit? First your truck now your Phantom 😩
+Adam Shaw (Paper Faces) BUT, I think I'm due to win the lotto tonight, so that would rock. Hit a tree in follow me mode when it suddenly backed up 30-40 feet while I was moving forward.
+cdnstudman yep, I'm still not sure about those new modes, won't be using them with mine for some time. I have a Parrot mini drone as well as my Phantom and that has flown away on me a number of times..... Good luck with the lottery 😬
it's the glue a super glue.
he said Krazy glue in the video. same thing.
When you say "shaky", were you just getting jello? Or was it visibly shaking?
If it's mis-aligned, I'm assuming he was getting visible shakes. That would make sense for a hardware mis-alignment. Most Jello is from high shutter speeds and propeller vibrations I've noticed.