Philips SONICARE toothbrush repair
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2019
- Hy There,
In this video i'll show you how i fix a Philips sonicare toothbrush, in my case some steel part was broken, it can be repaired or maken new one so i buy a broken used brush for $5 and already repair two brushes with their parts, preatty good if we know that new brush cost $100 and more.
Now i used that brush for about a month and work totally good.
Thanks for watching.
Hope you enjoy in video and welcome to watch my other channel:
Tine Sedej:
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This is why we love CZcams and the efforts of DIY repair vids. Exactly what I needed to repair mine the coming days without breaking it by trying without experience.
Thank you so much!
and i always like to read comments lik yours.
This video is a good example of how repair videos should be made - well done
Wow thanks man
Great video. Really well produced, good visual,and verbal explanation. And I’m amazed you got into the toothbrush and actually fixed it. Impressive dedication!
Thanks
Nice job on the video. Great instructions on how to open this model.
Great video. Thanks for sharing it. Love your accent -- very calming and reassuring.
Thanks
Thanks man, I just fixed our brush!
Cool work 👍
I feel Slovenia too. Every single day. Thanks for your help.
Vedno je lepo videt slovenca v komentarjih 😉 je ratalo popravit? Imam še en video o različnih napakah.
@@TinC33 Bolj malo nas je 😁. Mi je uspelo, tuljava se je razrahljala in se je magnet tiščal ob kotvo tuljave. Dela ko singerca. Hvala.
Nice repair vid
Thanks for sharing
Cheers
You've helped me with dismantle! Thanks.
Excellent Video. I took my Brush apart. 1 screw and anchor were completely out from the top. I put them back in place. Works great again.
Always nice to hear positive feedback, i got another 3 brushes on stock to repair (two of them black diamond) need to make a video about soon.
Terrific guidance!
Watching a video like this makes me realize how inadequate I am. . .I look at your fingers meticulously disassembling the brush, looked at my fingers and was like nope. . . looked at my broken sonicare and said goodbye :) You got some serious skills bro.
Thanks man, but anyway, try to fix it you got nothing to lose, it's already broken.
Hi, do you still have the broken one? I follow his step until I found that my toothbrush have the same problem as him, broken special metal sheet. But I don’t have the part to replace.
I just fixed mine. Cheers, man!
Nice to hear, cheers.
Great job.
Thanks for the video! I had exactly the same problem after dropping it while brushing, straight on the head. Took it all apart expecting the cast aluminum head anchor to be broken (that's what it was last time) but nope. Took it all the way further apart and didn't find the plate cracked the way you did. In fact, I didn't find anything amiss. I did notice there was zero gap between my magnet and drive, so I gapped it when I reassembled it, and voila, it worked. I suspect that the magnet shifted when I dropped it.
Only thing I think is missing from the video is how to separate the motor/drive from the battery/board:
1. remove the spring/rubber bushing between the two parts, by compressing the spring towards the battery and then lifting the spring/rubber bushing straight out
2. the drive half slides away from the battery then lifts off: slide it as far as you can, then there are two small black clips which you can't see which need to be pressured a bit. With some small force pulling the drive half away from the battery, slide a small screwdriver from the side of the toothbrush, between the black plastic part on the battery half and the steel sled of the magnet holder. (see video here czcams.com/video/9H7epLyJMME/video.html at time 3-05)
The only other thing is that before doing any work on the brush I would disable the battery/power by desoldering the jumper J1 on the electronics board near the induction coil.
Thx, mine are both repaired now, just need the first min of your video, thx 🎉
Thank You!! This video just saved me a lot of money!! My toothbrush head became loose, and it turns out it was just the screw that holds the head in place.
That's most common problem, did you use threadlock? Otherwise you fix it for few days only
@@TinC33 I wondered about that. I did not this time, I will do it next time though!
Wonderful job
Thanks!
thanks, no problem, i got two more (black diamond) for repair, but done that when i got more time to film it
Thank you! Now I know wjats wrong with mine without opening the welding spots :)
It seems my problems is the same as you, but I don't have an old broken brush. Great video, very detail about deassembly part.
Thanks, i got another two to fix (black diamond this time) also order new mechanism from ebay for a few $ will see if it work, sure i will make another video
Thank you for your video!
no problem hope that help you
Awesome. I’ll just do “that” with my broken brush.
Great, very helpful, video. I can't believe Phillips embedded screws where access requires grinding out spot welds. I haven't yet achieved "full recovery" of my weak running brush; seems it is very sensitive to the magnetic gap. One responder said it should be 0.0020 - but no unit of measure (mm or inch) -- I'll try both. Thanks a bunch!!!
0.4 mm on mine
Genius fix bro!
Kdaj boš taje prnesu, sam ce je ki takga nav neč brez kosav, lahk de se je pa sam un sravf vadjejnev, če je u use strani istu svah je lagk sam sravf.
thx, now it works great again, ive forgotten how strong the vibration was :-)
Very clever repairman. I have a sonicare thats still fairly new and become very noisy and easily stopped. I want to take it apart and maybe its a simple fix before throwing it out but if not, I'll keep it for parts after seeing this video. Thanks
Thanks, check my other sonicare video where i show another 3 possible fails.
Beautiful video and music
And it helped me fix my toothbrush!
Brilliant video.
Thanks
Great video and I fixed mine by using parts from another 'scrap' one which solved the problem.
Thanks, great to hear, i also got another one from a friend to fix it or for parts, maybe find some more broken and fix it once.
You make it look so easy!
Its not that hard, after few days of use i open it again, and wrap the welding part with a tape wich got glass fibers into, halps a lot, many less wibrations on handle and now really work like it must
@@TinC33 I agree with Chris, you make it seem so simple. Good job on the explaining of the whole thing thanks. Now I decided not to work on my wifes because I am getting to old and have no patience.When I was younger I would fix anything and it was nothing, now big jobs,lol. Keep up the good repairs bud, you are good.
Squeeze the case to get it out. Okay I'll try that. Mine had moisture inside. I think the top seal may have failed and water inside is the root problem but we'll see after it dries. Slovenia was so beautiful! Spent 3 days there while trekking around Europe in 2017 A.D. Everybody should have a hamburger or something with a beer in that classy area of Ljubljana by the castle and later visit Bled. I didn't see a convenient place to buy beer near Bled so be a good boy scout and be prepared so bring what you want on the bus.
Looks like an easy fix gulp. But I'll give it a go. Thanks for the video
Thank you so much for your video. I was very lucky as both mine and my wife's toothbrushes only had loose screws!
I'm not telling her I've fixed hers until after she used hers tonight. 😁
Thanks again be blessed! 🙏
Thanks, nice to hear
Her brush was worse than mine was. Hers was rattling really bad and barely vibrating at all so when she fired it up before going to bed it kind of startled her! She was very appreciative. ❤️
Thanks again! 👍
@@AzTurboMini isn't that a great feeling when fix something by yourself 🤗
Absolutely! Why buy a new one before at least attempting to fix it? If I had money to throw away I guess it would be more justifiable but I don't plus, I like to work on things and like the satisfaction of fixing things instead of trashing them. 👍
@@AzTurboMini that's me, i always try to open thinks before throw away, even if they'r seald and make to never open again 😉
Thank you.
Thank you. Your video is very good and clear. I follow the steps until I found that my toothbrush have the same problem, broken special metal sheet. Now my problem is to find the part or another broken toothbrush which I don’t have an idea how to find it.
On ebay you can buy entire vibrating mechanism (front part) for less than 10$, i didn't try yet but got that part in stock and also got 3 broken sonycares, waiting to make another video.
I hate that a product that expensive is that badly designed. Great video!
True, that piece is design to the limit, so small but so much hardened to transfer all the energy.
I was wondering why all my previous Sonicare had this problem. It's clearly a conception problem.
Excellent repair video! Thank you for showing us how to repair these models of Sonicare toothbrushes. Phillips Sonicare toothbrushes are very effective, but their designs have some significant flaws. My older Sonicare (with the much thicker handle) is still working after ten years or so--but the brush heads on that model do not seal well at all, and grow disgusting black mold inside. I had to take the heads apart frequently and clean them, but the mold could never be completely eliminated--and even if it could be totally cleaned, more will soon grow back due to the bad design. Phillips never acknowledged that the problem existed--probably, the greedy bastards just wanted people to keep buying more new brush heads--which were unnecessarily expensive! These newer, slimmer models don't have that particular problem, but clearly they have issues of their own. But I doubt that there's a better rechargeable toothbrush available from any other manufacturer, so we're kind of stuck with Phillips!
Thanks, if you notice i got another sonicare video with 3 different fails.
About sonicare i don't know are you read my mind but what you say is exactly my opinion, sonicare is far the best toothbrush i try but as you say got a few cons, first one i notice is rubber housing where the mold start growing if we don't wipe them after every use, the steel part transfer lot of power so i would say it's a bit too weak (weak point of brush) if brush fall on the floor that part most likels broke and toothbrush is for trash only. They fix housing material on black diamond so it's not delicate on mold but battery life is much much shorter than on older models, and also to charge it need a whole day or even 2, maybe it's make to put into charging glass every day idk, but after all thanks to china to sell entire vibrating mechanism for $15 wich work just like genuine one.
My wife uses sonicare, they break one way or another after appx 2 years. She's on her second unit and now I have to replace the shaft completely. Previous unit had the shaft adjusted and later just stopped working altogether. Me on the other hand, still using the same $25 Digoo aliexpress toothbrush I got 4 years ago. 0 repairs.
Philips is rubbish.
Any advice on getting the surface mount chips like the MOSFETs?
Hello. Could you merge the memory dump from the B1xx IC? I really needed it for my brush hx6320.
Hi when I pull the brush off to replace it, the small ring stays on the brush, could not remove it, any ideas. thanks
there come new rings with a brush, didn't?
THANKS! You do such a great job of demonstrating wat to do- it goes kinda fast for me👵..but if i watch it over n over I'll eventually get it- i have a question i hope sumone can answer- the closed case of my tbrush- with brush removed- has sum tiny cracks in the bottom and I'm wondering if i can use nail polish to close the cracks? Or ??? Thank u
Thanks, i think nail polish will be a good thing to fill the crack, but assemble them firstly, because nail polish will crack if you force them.
Great video, thanks! I think I'll just buy a new one. ;)
Check my other video (3 different fails) you may fix your on easy way.
Cannot get the insides out. Model HX8920. Am pressing this thing super-hard into a counter but internals won't budge. Any suggestions?
Great video and very professionally done! What screwdriver Brand to you recommend to work on these. I have standard Jewelers screwdrivers and they don't work well given the torque needed to remove the top most screw. They have too small a diameter to get any torque.
You need to heat up the screw so the thread lock release, than any screwdriver will work.
Thank you so much for your videos (this one and 3 different fails). I have the same Sonicare with the UV cleaner and about 6 weeks ago I noticed that the shaft is moving differently. I am hoping the easy fix is just tightening the screw. The thing that I am concerned with is that the rubber part around the shaft is black and since I have had the brush a long time I did not remember it being a different color until I saw your videos. I take very good care of my unit so can you tell me any reason why it would look like that. I did also notice the rubber part is torn, does that have anything to do with it? Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Black thing is a mold wich become on hidden part, manual says we need to take off the brush after every use and wipe it with towel, i don't do that but just wipe it after every use, it's not problem because you don't put that part in your mouth but if the rubber is broken water can leak into brush and after time brush will become demaged, so check on ebay for new rubber and replace it if you want to use your brush in the future.
Howdy!
nice video... it inspired me to open and try to repair my toothbrush which I think is the same type... the problem for me is that the battery broke, the liquid flooded the circuit and corroded it... I managed to clean it how much... unfortunately the R7 resistor no longer exists... if you have an unassembled board, can you tell me its value? I would try to replace it... maybe I'm lucky and it's the only defect... thank you very much! success!
Hey i love people who give a try to almost impossible, you got nothing to lose right 😉
On R3 resistor is mark 332 if i measure direct on pcb (not right measure) it say 3.3kohm.
Good luck
Where can I buy this small metal.
So how did you open it? It is not in the video unfortunatelly. I have a problem with the button got stuck clicked.
In my case, I just needed to adjust the gap between the electromagnet and the brush mechanism. .0020 was perfect.
Great to hear that.
On my 2 sonicare toothbrushes, I measured the gap at 0.4 mm
Hvala lepa za odličen video! meni žal popravilo ne uspe, a obstaja možnost, da ti pošljem ščetko v servis?
Pozdravljeni, nekaj sem jih ze popravil tako da sem ostal cisto brez delo, vibratorja baterije ter pcbja nimam drugo pa tak ne fali 😉
Meni crklo nakon godinu dana, isti problem... Hvala i poz iz HR
Splača se kupiti eno rabljeno za dele, sam sem popravil že dve krtači za rabljeno sem dal ca5eur, pozdrav.
Great video! Excellent job. Where to buy the part(s)?
Ebay used brush for parts if you got lucky so the parts you need is ok, sorry but that's the only way, or try to find new vibrator on ebay as i do in my other sonicare video.
@@TinC33 Thank you for your prompt response. Ok, then I will try a 3D printing shop.
Hello, thank you for this video, I had the exact same problem and upon opening mine up, i had a cracked steel part. Do you know the exact name of this part or part number so I can buy it online? Thanks
Search on ebay for "sonicare vibrator mechanism" you can't buy only that part, you'll need to buy entire mechanism, wich cost about 15$ just solder 2 wires and here you go, check my other sonicare video
I hope Phillips is watching this video... It sounds like they have a design/manufacturing defect when so many people's toothbrushes are exhibiting the same problem...
Man, this was a cool “how to” project. Can’t wait to cut my teeth fixing my wife’s sonicare.
Always trust instructions from someone wearing a Casio watch
😀 haha no joke this is the best watch ever, small and work under water, under gas, under acetone... I got them from my 10years (birdhday present) and only take it down when the belt broken, basicly every 3-5years, aftermarket belt hold only 2-3years so now i starting buying new watch with genue belt for about 20-30$ 😉
@@TinC33 I have one almost 20 years old :)
Poučen video 💪💪
Imaš mogoče še na zalogi kakšen zlomljeni del, saj imam isto napako.
Lp
Žal nimam, kar sem imel sem vse porabil za kolege od baterij, vezja teh delov pa sploh, skoda da nimajo servisa za te scetke zgleda bi kar lavfalo, delov tudi ni za dobit, razen komplet kitajski vibrator, poglej se drug video o sonicare, kjer sem menjal komplet.
I tried everything by your instruction but it did not work! Light is on but no vibrate! Could be the vibrator broken?
i think it's not broken, try with a screwdriver if the coil atract them while you turn on the brush, the magnet can be stick to a coil.
Is the battery just an 18650? Does it need to be a high drain one or a standard 2a laptop battery will be fine?
It's not 18560 cell, i don't remember it's number but the cell inside is size like aa battery it's liion but not high drain 1-2A will be enough.
If you remember let me know what size
@@plojm123 size is exactly same as double a (aa) alcaline battery
Any idea how to take apart the newer models??? They're completely sealed with nothing on the bottom to undo or take apart. Really frustrating. Need to tighten a loose shaft.
Anyone???
You mean like diamon black? I got 3 more brushes to fix, will make video about soon, they'r hard to open but it go with a screwdriver and push from other side on the axis.
Živjo, vidim da si iz Slovenije, imam dve enaki zobni krtački, ki ne delata. Ali jih popravljaš tudi za druge?
Lp Žiga
Pozdravljen, enemu kolegu sem stimal drugace ne popravljam, lahko odpreš in pogledaš, velika verjetnost je da je samo odvit vijak glave ali pa zamaknjena tuljava, ki se dotika magneta, ti dve stvari mislim da lahko preveriš sam, delov pa tako tudi jaz nimam več, lahko pogledaš se moj drugi sonycare video kjer bos videl nekaj razlicnih napak.
Pleaseeee! 2:12 how do you take these apart??? Ive been here for over an hour 😭😭😭 Its just stuck by some magic forces! I've been twisting and pulling and pushing in every direction!
The one you put back at 6:33
look how easily this guy did this... I swear I've been bending and pulling and nudging in every way and direction possible...
czcams.com/video/o3PBPU2jXbo/video.html
@@millanferende6723 first take out the spring with a rubber, and than try to pull, but if i remember right there's some tooth to prevent just pull back, you can use a bit of force, to deform plastic tooth, or better take a tiny screwdriver and put it netween plastic and steel housing.
That plastic is really soft so it band nicely, with a screwdriver you can make enough clearence to see where it's hold.
@@TinC33 Yes I did that....well the trick was keep tugging it, until those plastic T inserts loosened... so finally I'm good xP
@@millanferende6723 graet to hear, and than did you find the problem, is that part broken or something else?
@@TinC33 No... the plastic bit has some tiny \ bits that slide one way but stop it from sliding the other.
The original problem is that the motor was touching the magnet... so I needed to get to the screw to get that fixed. :)
Pri zamenjavi tipke za vklop so se mi pokvarile (odtrgale) bakrene kontaktne blazinice. Kako bi lahko povezal novo tipko (kje so alternativni kontakti za tipko? Hvala za pomoč!
Pojdi po liniji, najbolje kar takoj kher se je odtrgalo, podrsaš z nožkom da prideš do bakra kak mm ali dva, potem pa zaspajkaš koscek zičke iz te linije do nogice tipke.
@@TinC33 Hvala, bom poskusil.
@@stojankarer8332 ne probavat pol ponavad ne rata, morš kar rečt bom popravil 😉
I bought 2 diamond clean phillips toothbrushes - pink and black. Batteries stopped working approximately 1 1/2 year later. We tried to replace them but it was not easy. I contacted phillips for repair services and they did not want to do anything if there is no warranty was purchased at the time of sale. So for a $220 electric toothbrush (I paid $440) it was a pretty short life span. What got me upset is that phillips did not want to help in any way and this was the end of it. I will not buy from phillips again and do not recommend it!
Can that broken piece be saudered?
No it's hardened steel after they cut out and bend, no way to fix it.
Mine stop working before a year of use, very disappointed
Would be great to show a fix the damage part without replacing it...
That part couldn't been fixed, it's a thin piece of steel hardened to the limit, maybe if we got lot of tools and knowladge about hardening.
pretty complex engineering design for a toothbrush uh? I thought was more simpler
That's because it's sonicare, there are many different brand of that kind of toothbrush but i think noone comming close to sonicare by it's power, my "wife" bought one in hofer (aldi) for about $30 but only use them a few times, waste of money, it's like a toy next to sonicare.
1. Wash your hands and preferably get some manicure done before doing another diy. 2. Thanks for very useful vid.
That dot's on fingers can't been removed i got them since i was born, and noone now what this is, they cut a piece out when i was kid, but didnefind anything.
ㅜ
can I mail you my brush and you tighten the screw bc it is making a loud sound? I can pay you!
Where are you from, i think you got some friend who can fix that 😉
@@TinC33 I am in the US, currently TX. And my sonic care is still rattling! lol
@@mrsmarturner i'm afraid that shipping cost too much cuz i'm from Slovenia EU do you got some friend with some tool, so he can fix it to you? It's easy fix
Вай ю спик онли инглиш ? Мейби сипарейтли ю вилл бегин спик он рашен ? Ват ю кен сэй май френд
hello, also google translate can't deal with that russian, can you writ into right russian or english, ali pa morda kar po slovensko, saj je zelo podobno ruščini ;)
Hi do u have any direct contact to communicate?
Thanks
Find my mail on youtube (last tab on my channel)
his fingers give me trypophobia
Hehe i must to google what triphohobia is, man tha's some sirious shit, look scary, and yes you got good eyes, i got few spod on right hand fingers, it's almost unvisible little dots, but when the hand become dirty look really ugly +uncutted nails and result is here.
About that dots, i born wizh it and when i got about 5yrs i was hospitalized for a week to make all the tests, but they didn't discover anything, they'r still here, no less no more and i got no problem with them at all so far.
Piece of cake to fix eh. Off the the dentist to see what he is selling nowadays.
The most disgusting fingers I ever saw.
Than you don't seen lot of working hand, but it's true, i got some tiny spots on fingers since born, it got no other effect like looking ugly and dirt go deep arround them, but i can live with that, and yes nails can be cutted before filming 🤔
Ever consider buying a new brush and swapping the internal parts? Then returning the new brush with the broken parts for a FULL REFUND? If enough people did that, MAYBE SonicCare would learn their lesson and supply parts themselves. Think about how many of the brushes end up in the city dump! Chaaaa....CHING!!!
You think in right way, but it's stil cheating, that part is a big problem i understand because it's need to be hardened to the limit, otherwise it wont transfer that much energy and the brush will be same as some chineese one, i thing firstly philips need to tell us clearly (on package, into manual...) how delicate this part is and how important is to be gentle with brush, and while traveling always remove brush head...
Philips Sonicare toothbrushes are trash, don't buy that garbage.
Is there any good alternative, sonycare got some trouble with few major part like this in the video, but i stil think it's far the best toothbrush.