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Garmin problem/question
« on: September 25, 2015, 09:22:00 PM »
I'm curious if any of you have seen a similar problem and what if anything you did about it.  I have a Garmin 530 hcx that I am very pleased with.  But I noticed a crack in the casing near the upper right corner of the battery pack.  I pointed it out to my brother in-law who pulled his out and noticed a crack at each of the top corners near the battery on his.  They both work fine, just odd to see the cracks as this will compromise watertight integrity. 

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Re: Garmin problem/question
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2015, 08:47:10 PM »
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Re: Garmin problem/question
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2015, 05:46:39 AM »
I have 2 batteries out of my 520hcx sitting in front of me. Should be the same battery as yours. No cracks anywhere on either 1.

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Re: Garmin problem/question
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2015, 08:21:17 PM »
HTF,

It's not the battery that cracked.  It's the back of the Rino at the corner of the battery area.  I will get a pic and try to post it up so folks can see.

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Re: Garmin problem/question
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2015, 08:34:40 PM »
Maybe you can see the black hairline crack that travels from the talk button up the edge of the back.  It goes down into the battery well.  My bro-in-laws has that crack and one straight across from it.

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Re: Garmin problem/question
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2015, 02:34:17 AM »
i had a 530hcx i just sold.  I never had any cracks that i saw

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Re: Garmin problem/question
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2015, 04:02:23 AM »
Dab a little glue to seal and go with it.  :tup:
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Re: Garmin problem/question
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2015, 07:50:48 AM »
Just looked at both radios. No cracks!

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Re: Garmin problem/question
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2015, 11:29:41 AM »
Seal it and make sure that you don't get water into it! My 530 got some good ol H20 in it last year. The only place I can figure out where it came from was a small hairline crack at the top of the unit. That 530 is deader than dead. Nothing I did could fix it, and Garmin no longer fixes them.
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Re: Garmin problem/question
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2015, 02:35:39 PM »
Dab a little glue to seal and go with it.  :tup:

My thought exactly.  Super glue here I come.  I was hoping someone might have an idea of the proper type of glue to use.  I don't want to compound the problem by using the wrong glue.

And Garmin informed me they don't want to hear about it.

 


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