![]() ![]() The battery case is plenty thick enough to accommodate the material removal. Here is my broken battery after filing away a channel to accommodate the ~0.5mm thick brass strip. I liked the guy’s brass strip idea but I felt his design could use some improvement, so I did. I want something better, and I don’t know if SRAM identified a specific problem with a batch of batteries or something. ![]() Besides, I don’t want a new battery that might suffer the same fate. And if you bought it off the internet, walking into your LBS and asking for a warranty replacement seems kinda cheesy. ![]() Searching on the internet led me to lots of lamenting, one guy who fabricated a multi-layer carbon fiber tab (Really?), and one guy who attached an appropriately shaped strip of brass to his battery with double-sided tape.Ĭommentary on the internet suggested that SRAM would replace broken batteries under warranty, sometimes immediately, sometimes with a wait, and sometimes subject to the user’s relationship with their local bike shop. These batteries aren’t cheap, and I am, so I began plotting a repair. An informal poll of my riding buddies identified three other eTap users in possession of batteries with broken tabs. The other day the tab broke off one of my eTap batteries. I love my SRAM eTap wireless electronic derailleurs! I installed my first set on my old Tarmac over two years ago and liked it so much I installed a second set on my Thesis gravel bike. ![]()
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