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Fix That Old Remote With Graphite (hackaday.com)
submitted 5 months ago by mox@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] Extrasvhx9he 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Happens a lot with car rke fobs, I usually have to replace the housings and buttons all together for a permanent fix. I tried the super glue and aluminum foil method and it temporarily works. Nothing I used to attach the aluminum to the worn button pad really results in a long term fix though (super glue, silicone, epoxy, hot glue). Is this a better solution?

[โ€“] vxx@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The only method that has worked okay for me is using a scalpel to cut off a layer of the silicone from the defective part, and getting a donor pad from another remote to glue it on.

There isn't much room for error though.