Author Topic: Repair Knog PWR Rider headlight?  (Read 1920 times)

LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Repair Knog PWR Rider headlight?
« on: 12 September, 2020, 08:44:24 pm »
HK has a couple of Knog PWR Rider 450L headlights as back up lights because she likes that they can double as power banks for GPSs and suchlike.
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/knog-pwr-rider-450l-front-light/rp-prod164513

She has just managed to break the tiny piece of plastic that connects the strap bracket to the aluminium body. Is there a non-destructive way to disassemble the light so that I fit a proper nut inside? It seems to be commonplace for these particular lights to fail in exactly this manner, so I can't be the first to want to repair one.

It looks like it should slide apart but I don't particularly want to turn this into multiple broken bits. The rear USB section slides out about a millimetre fairly easily then stops. The light still works. The diffuser looks like it should slide out downwards but might be glued in place. It certainly resists a certain amount of force without any apparent movement.

If I can't get this thing apart, I'll just use an external clamp, which will be ugly but functional.

https://flic.kr/p/2jJ3gfG

https://flic.kr/p/2jJ46d6
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LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Repair Knog PWR Rider headlight?
« Reply #1 on: 19 September, 2020, 11:20:34 am »
Knog’s UK agent Silverfish can't tell me how this thing was put together (really?) but have offered to replace it, which is a bit wasteful but nice of them. Something to sort out.
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Re: Repair Knog PWR Rider headlight?
« Reply #2 on: 19 September, 2020, 11:30:23 am »
Knog are good at replacing broken bits but I agree that some of their designs are woefully under engineered.
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LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Repair Knog PWR Rider headlight?
« Reply #3 on: 10 October, 2020, 07:33:05 am »
Replacement arrived and in service.

Also ordered a cheap torch handlebar bracket so that a similarly failed headlight could continue to be used.
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