Pebble Steel Vibration Motor Replacement Repair Guide

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                          10 minutes

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Internal Hardware
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Vibration Motor
2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Internal Hardware

Use a Torx T3 screwdriver to unscrew the four 3.5 mm Torx T3 screws holding the back plate.
Make sure the screws are kept in a safe place to insure they are not lost.
Remove the back plate.

Use a Torx T3 screwdriver to unscrew the four 3.5 mm Torx T3 screws holding the back plate.

Make sure the screws are kept in a safe place to insure they are not lost.

Remove the back plate.

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Step 2

The plastic frame is clipped inside the steel body with four clips, two each on the left and the right side of the watch, near the corners. You can stick a small screwdriver into the cutouts right above the clips and gently lever the plastic frame up, corner by corner.
Once the clips are released, use a pair of tweezers to grab onto the black plastic frame and remove the internal hardware.
Adhesive on the back side of the battery holds the internal components to the front case.
Use tweezers or a plastic opening tool to disconnect the ribbon cable from the motherboard.

The plastic frame is clipped inside the steel body with four clips, two each on the left and the right side of the watch, near the corners. You can stick a small screwdriver into the cutouts right above the clips and gently lever the plastic frame up, corner by corner.

Once the clips are released, use a pair of tweezers to grab onto the black plastic frame and remove the internal hardware.

Adhesive on the back side of the battery holds the internal components to the front case.

Use tweezers or a plastic opening tool to disconnect the ribbon cable from the motherboard.

Step 3

              Vibration Motor

Use a small plastic opening tool to remove the vibration motor from the motherboard.

Use a small plastic opening tool to remove the vibration motor from the motherboard.

Step 4

Use a pair of tweezers to detach both the blue and red wires from the motherboard.

Use a pair of tweezers to detach both the blue and red wires from the motherboard.

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

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Armacalypse Roguewind - Feb 12, 2017

Any idea where I can get the vibration motor ?

cerebro84 - Jul 29, 2017

Do you think these would be ok as a replacement for my pebble (original, first gen.) http://www.ebay.it/itm/5-Motorino-Motore…

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