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Equipment & Gear => All Other Gear => Topic started by: Simcoe hunter on September 25, 2015, 09:22:00 PM

Title: Garmin problem/question
Post by: Simcoe hunter 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.
Title: Re: Garmin problem/question
Post by: Simcoe hunter on September 28, 2015, 08:47:10 PM: Bump
Title: Re: Garmin problem/question
Post by: HntnFsh 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.
Title: Re: Garmin problem/question
Post by: Simcoe hunter 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.
Title: Re: Garmin problem/question
Post by: Simcoe hunter 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.
Title: Re: Garmin problem/question
Post by: spin05 on October 11, 2015, 02:34:17 AM: i had a 530hcx i just sold. I never had any cracks that i saw
Title: Re: Garmin problem/question
Post by: ghosthunter on October 11, 2015, 04:02:23 AM: Dab a little glue to seal and go with it. :tup:
Title: Re: Garmin problem/question
Post by: HntnFsh on October 11, 2015, 07:50:48 AM: Just looked at both radios. No cracks!
Title: Re: Garmin problem/question
Post by: SFD2015 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.
Title: Re: Garmin problem/question
Post by: Simcoe hunter on October 11, 2015, 02:35:39 PM: Quote from: ghosthunter on October 11, 2015, 04:02:23 AM
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.