We of course expect our expensive technologies to be without flaw -especially from an engineering perspective- yet flaws do arise. As much as I personally am not so much a fan of the overall battery cover design on the Tour, one common complaint has been that the battery covers on some Tours are "loose". I found this to be the case with mine, and while the up-and-down, slightly left-to-right play on the battery cover was minor, it became noticeable and somewhat aggravating.
A simple fix is to stick a small piece of black electrical tape on the very top edge of the inside of the battery cover. Might take a few tries to get it perfect, but it's cheap and easy, and now my battery cover has no play whatsoever. Heres a picture of mine (taken w/ tour camera at night):
Last edited by Chop10; 07-16-09 at 01:57 AM.
Reason: Better picture :)
What I did with my Bold loose cover was a cut out of a used parcel envelope which is thicker than normal envelopes and have some traces of glue. So I'll stick that like as if its some double sided tape on the cover right above the battery and it neatly fits. Else just glue a few namecards on the battery cover above the battery. Works good!
i took some pipe sealers thread (that thin white tape that comes in a roll that you put on pipe threads to seal em) and placed 4 pieces on the cover, 1 on the top, 1 on the bottom and 1 on each side. put the cover back on and its much more snug. still a bit of up and down play it in but its significantly less.
The tape trick seems to have worked. It really cut down the movement. Thank you very much for the tip. I don't know why they didn't make the back solid like it is on my 8900...
The tape trick seems to have worked. It really cut down the movement. Thank you very much for the tip. I don't know why they didn't make the back solid like it is on my 8900...
Glad it worked! I imagine this way would work with duct tape or a few layers of clear tape as well. It appears some other folks on the forums have found other solutions that seem to work well also. -Agreed, the cover should have been a bit more solid
