Cracking open a Hamilton Beach FlexBrew, anyone done it?

[Thomas Martinez]

Curious if anyone here have gone inside an Hamilton Beach FlexBrew units. I'm reading up about how to teardown them and it seem fairly straightforward. Unplug the device and remove the three screw on the bottom of it to gain access to the top portion of the device. The catch on the top portion of the device use plastic clips that you can prise open with a flat screwdriver to gain access to the interior. If done quick the clips can be snapped and the housing will not fit correctly back together like when it first came from the box. These FlexBrews tend to get pulled open to address issues with the pump and heater component. As such, one would think that there would be detailed information regarding their teardown. Yet, there is no information I can find online about them. Has anyone here actualy opened one of these up? Is there any trick to getting into the top portion other than the three screws on the bottom? Does it appear like there are any ribbon cable attached to the top portion of the device?

 

[Obedient Oyst]

yeah ive had one apart. The three screws on the bottom are right but theres also a hidden one under the drip tray area on the dual version, not sure which model youre looking at. No ribbon cables tho, just regular wire lead to the heater and pump.

 

[Spectacular Piano in the]

Pump clog on these are 90% scale buildup. Just descale the thing before you even think about opening it up.

 

[M.C. Escher's]

does the click lock setup use the same kind of plastic clips as the keurig classic or is it different? asking cause i snapped two on a keurig last year and im paranoid now

 

[Obedient Oyst]

does the click lock setup use the same kind of plastic clips as the keurig classic or is it different? asking cause i snapped two on a keurig last year and im paranoid now

different. They're more like little hook tab around the rim of the unit. Just use a plastic tool to prise the tabs open. Metal screwdriver mark up the plastic.

 

[Brainy Bison]

these things arent worth fixing imo. You can get a new one for like 70 bucks. Spend 2 hour inside one chasing a bad heater and youve already lost money on it.