Replacing The Coin Battery In the Specialized SL TCU Gen 1

[Abridged]

It turns out Stefan, that I misunderstood you. I do have the type that needs to be changed but does the below mean that the bike will still work? Or have I got it completely wrong?

The function of the Turbo bike as such will not be affected. These are the effects of an empty coin cell:

• TCU will show corresponding message (see below)
• Bike needs to be started with a longer button-press on the TCU
• Error/event logs cannot be saved with correct date/time stamps any longer

When the date/time association is disabled due to an empty coin cell, you need to replace it with a new one and connect to the Specialized app so that the correct date and time is applied again.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I have never taken such a risk

 

[ner_do_well]

I fought this thing for 30 minutes using a swiss army knife tweezer, got mad and tossed it on the kitchen counter. The battery fell out......

 

[Abridged]

Just to report back. I took Stefan's advice and coaxed the battery out with a sewing needle, then used eyelash tweezers to grab it when it was half way out. Much easier than I imagined fortunately!

 

[mjh5]

I just had to replace the battery on the original TCU as well for my Vado SL. I read about all the trouble people had getting the battery out, including unplugging the TCU completely and tapping it to get the battery out. I had a non-magnetic metal angled tweezer with very sharp tips like the one on the right in the photo. I was able to grab the battery with no problem, slide the new one in and push on it gently with the tweezer until it snaps in. By the way, the video online for the Creo battery replacement says a T9 Torx screwdriver, but the Vado SL needs a T-10 Torx screwdriver.