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How to Clean the Front Wheel of a Roomba Discovery

Step 7Put Roomba under the screwdriver; ask friends and family to wait patiently in the waiting room

Put Roomba under the screwdriver; ask friends and family to wait patiently in the waiting room
You'll need to remove both the cover and the bumper to get access to the top of the wheel assembly.

I got some direction here from Accessing Disco's Interior, but it's really not that hard. Remove the screws marked, disconnect the cables, and carefully work the cover and bumper back and forth until you can free them.

Start by turning Roomba on its back and removing the battery, dust bin, and brush assembly.

If you're wondering why you got into this situation, and maybe you should have just left things alone, and maybe it would be easier to just try to get another Roomba for cheap, have a significant other mock you and suggest that you're not a real engineer if you can't fix a stupid robot that vacuums the floor. Good, now you're motivated!
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Eric J. Wilhelm is the founder of Instructables. He has a Ph.D. from MIT in Mechanical Engineering. Eric believes in making technology accessible through understanding, and strives to inspire others ...
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