Racer 2 battery housing is wobbly

[Kapok]

Was cleaning my Racer 2 tonight (since it's raining outside) and noticed that the battery housing assembly is a bit loose and wobbly, like it's rotating on the detector shaft. Anyone else experience this? I don't see any screws to tighten to fix the issue.

 

[Dave_E]

I'm having the exact issue with mine.

Haven't found a way to tighten it either.

 

[Kapok]

I'm having the exact issue with mine.

Haven't found a way to tighten it either.

Interesting. I'm sure we're not the only two then.

 

[amberjack]

it went on it has to come off

AJ

 

[Kapok]

I may have to super glue it or something. Either that or send it in for warranty repair.

 

[Stoof-tabsallday]

Contact Dilek to see if there's some way to tighten it.
Dilek@noktadetectors.com

 

[kansa54]

My battery housing doesn't wobble but my coil sits cockeyed from the control box. Really annoying. They should check things out a little better before shipping to the public.

 

[nycapt]

I had this happen , i took it apart only that the tabs that hold it to the shaft has broken .
Happy to say they took care of me .

 

[nycapt]

Contact Dilek. she is the bomb!

 

[Kapok]

Contact Dilek. she is the bomb!

Sent an email yesterday. Hope she can help. Thanks!

 

[Dave_E]

Have you heard anything on your wobbly battery housing yet Kapok?

I just sent an email last night about this issue.

Also, my stock coil started overloading Tuesday when the detector is powered up.
My OOR and RC40 coils work fine though. I tried removing the coil cover on the 11x7 and cleaning. Also looked for cable damage but it looks fine.

 

[Kapok]

Have you heard anything on your wobbly battery housing yet Kapok?

I just sent an email last night about this issue.

Also, my stock coil started overloading Tuesday when the detector is powered up.
My OOR and RC40 coils work fine though. I tried removing the coil cover on the 11x7 and cleaning. Also looked for cable damage but it looks fine.

Yes, Dilek is sending me a new part in the mail, so that's good. I'm sure she'll do the same for you if your R2 is still under warranty.

Interesting, though, my stock coil started overloading the other day when I was trying to adjust its angle to the ground. Maybe I twisted the cable or something--I'm going to take a closer look at it tonight. Fortunately, I had my Cors Fortune and the OOR with me, and both worked fine. I'll keep you posted.

Scott

PS: How do you like the RC40 coil?

 

[Dave_E]

I already heard back from Dilek. Wow, she's fast!
I need to take a video of the 2 issues and send it to her so I'll do that tonight.

PS
I really like the RC40 coil. I chose it over the Thunder because I really like the quality of all of the Makro item's I own.
It's a bit heavy so I shorten the rod one notch.
When I run it in DEEP mode with a slightly negative ground balance (3 or 4 below whatever the auto-balance number is) it gets down as long as I slow my swing speed.

 

[Kapok]

Got the part and swapped it out. Wasn't the easiest repair for me, but got er done. Here's the part that failed--the little post on the right for the screw, not sure what they're called, but 3 of the 4 were broken.

 

[Dave_E]

I haven't heard back yet from Dilek about shipping the coil and replacement part out, but hopefully the installation goes easily.

 

[Kapok]

I haven't heard back yet from Dilek about shipping the coil and replacement part out, but hopefully the installation goes easily.

I'm not the handiest chap in the world, so maybe you'll find it easier. You basically have to unscrew the battery housing, unscrew and remove the arm cuff, then slide off the housing. The new piece is held on to the shaft by two tabs with two screws apiece. The biggest challenge I had was reinserting the arm cuff bolts through the shaft because the wires are in there.

Hope yours comes soon. Let us know how it goes

 

[Kapok]

I also want to say that I hope this thread doesn't come across as a negative against Makro. They are an awesome company, and I think the Makro simply can't be beat in its price range, or even the next step up. And, Dilek, thanks for taking care of this issue for me. Much appreciated.