Hasbro furby 2012 DC Motor Replacement

Geschrieben von: Jordan Castillo

Kommentare: 11

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Moderate

Schritte

Zeitaufwand

25 - 30 Minuten

Einleitung

Replacing the DC motor requires you remove the back panel and light sensor circuit board. The most difficult part of this replacement is removing the clips holding the fur on to the back panel.

Werkzeuge

Schritt 1

Use a flathead screwdriver to remove the two 10mm screws on the base of the Furby.

Schritt 2

Use a Phillips #0 driver to unscrew the eight 10mm screws.
Remove the base ring after unscrewing all the screws.
Be careful when lifting the base ring from the Furby. There are sharp edges that hold the base ring in place.

Schritt 3

Unhook the white ribbon from the tab on the base.

Schritt 4

Roll the Furby's fur downward.
Disconnect the now exposed red wire.

Schritt 5

Locate the two middle clips first.
Locate the two remaining clips on Furby's sides, they are opposite each other.
Orient the Furby upside down with the tail facing away from you.

Schritt 6

Insert a metal prying tool directly into the clip opening.
Press upward into the clip. At the same time, use your other hand to pull away the plastic seam from the Furby's body.
Repeat the previous step to remove the remaining three clips.

Schritt 7

Locate the two 10mm screws and remove them with the Phillips #0 head screwdriver.
Lift up on the fur covering until the face of the Furby is exposed.

Schritt 8

Orient the Furby on its side to where the beak is facing left and locate the edge of the aluminum tape.
Lift tape gently and peel back until the tape is nearly removed.
Do not pull on the yellow wire located on the opposite end of the tape.

Schritt 9

Locate the four 10mm screws. Two on either side of body, and two on top of back plate, around the tape.
Remove the 10mm screws with the Phillips#0 screwdriver.

Schritt 10

Peel the tape gently, grabbing it from the bottom edge and folding the tape upward.
Peel the tape up until it is nearly detached from the black case.

Schritt 11

Orient the Furby face down, with the base facing away from you.
Locate the clips below the ears.
Repeat the technique used in Step 6. Create leverage using a metal prying tool to press upward into the clip, while also pulling back on the clip itself.

Schritt 12

Remove the loose, plastic back panel by pulling the panel away from Furby's body.

Schritt 13

Remove the 10mm Phillips #0 screw holding the circuit board in.
Gently lift out the circuit board.

Schritt 14

Orient the Furby with the tail pointing left and the face pointing right.
Use the pointed tweezers to spread open the socket, and the blunt tweezers to grip and tug out the connector.
Insert your replacement light sensor connector.

Schritt 15

Unscrew the four screws holding the motor housing in place.
Remove the motor housing.
Their is lubricant on and around the DC motor, be careful when handling.

Schritt 16

Orient Furby with the beak facing right.
Locate the red DC motor connector.
Gently remove the connector using blunt and pointed tweezers.

Where do you find a replacement motor?

Shannon Rankin - 29/06/17

Abschluss

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

10 Kommentare

How do you connect the new motor after that? and does this work for Furby Booms too?

Dom Barr - 18/08/17

Donde puedo comprar el motor? Se supone que si necesito cambiarlo es porque tengo que comprar primero uno. Gracias

jaimeama - 19/02/18

Hi. Where can I buy a replacement motor please?

rebeccataylor1972 - 26/01/19

Generic replacement motors are on Ebay. The one I got was RF-300CA

I could not find the exact motor.

Specs: 1.5-6 volt.

24.2mm x 12.4mm (24x12).

10 or 12mm long shaft x 2mm diameter.

.99 cents free shipping. Two weeks from China.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RF-300CA-DC-1-5V-6V-815...

You will need to de-solder the little half-moon shaped control board off the bottom of the old motor. Crazy glue it to the bottom of the new motor. Then solder the the red wires together and black wires together. Then solder them to the board. The old motor had spikes sticking out the bottom to connect the control board. The generic replacement motors have wires instead. I searched the entire internet. I could not find the exact motor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WWecJ_I... It’s in Spanish, but you’ll get the idea.

To get the ears off. Firmly twist and pull them…HARD.

Good luck.

kewrock - 29/01/20

And how do I disconnect the coil from the motor? Just pulling hard?

Ronkly -

Hi, I have a problem with my 2012 Furby, he can talk but doesn’t move and he turns off after a minute. I wanted to know if I should remplace the DC motor. Thanks!

FurbyLover - 22/10/20

I have the same issue - did you try to replace the motor?

Our 2012 Furby does move only a little bit after waking up, can talk normally and then turns off suddenly, only to awake again. Batteries are fine obviously.

PC Papa - 21/07/21

Where can I find the original motor?

engin coskun - 29/12/20

And then you come to the final step just to find out that the new motor cannot be installed, because of the wires that cannot be removed from the connectors. A movie to explain that would be nice as well, or do you have to have the original Furby motor?

An Broli -

Hi. I have a question. If i buy this motor https://www.ebay.com/itm/1pcs-Solar-Moto... will i be able to just plug it in or i will still need to de-solder the little control board? (that half-moon thing)

Philip N -