How to Fix a Roland FD-8 Hi Hat Pedal Controller 

Thanks! Great video! I would suggest that anyone doing it, remove the jack BEFORE you try unplugging the ribbon cable as once that jack is off, you can simply pull it out without using a screwdriver - and insert the cable BEFORE you put it all back together as it just pushes in. Also, neither of my repair kits came with grease and I didn't have any, so I stole the grease from the old rubber for now and applied it.

2 years on and this video is still helping folks like me. Thanks buddy

I was able to fix mine using this video! I used your link to purchase the parts and I subscribed. Thank you! You saved me from buying a full replacement pedal.

Thank you for posting - very useful. I just changed the rubber and it seems to have solved the problem for now. I’ve got the sensor pad as backup!

Thanks for the video. I'm not yet convinced the sensor is my problem (I can be wrong). For now I'm still focused on the rubber actuator. I bought the newer rubber version from Roland and it worked well for about a year. Now I'm back to a pedal that may / may not be consistent just like I had before I replaced the rubber actuator. Nice job with your video. Good sound, lighting, editing.

Best video for the sensor replacement! The angles were very helpful. Thanks!

Excellent video. Bought a used Roland e-drum kit with a bad hi-hat. Replaced the parts just like shown with Amazon replacement parts. Works Great now. Thank you!!

Thanks for the info and link t buy. Funny thing is, I just needed to clean the sensor with some alcohol, also clean and regrease the rubber actuator to get it working again! Saving the link for the new parts when needed though!

Perfect demo. Worked like a charm. Noticed my ribbon didn’t seem to push in all the way. But it still works. So whatever! Thank you!!!

Thanks a ton for this. I unscrewed mine and all I had to do was spray out a decade of dust! Works again

Hi dude! I saw your intro and thought, oh, this guy must have a lot of subs. Your footage looks awesome! Subbed! So you write your are just a guitarist but your homepage shows more ... so you record also local bands? I am just a drummer, and don't even records things. I discovered edrums Xmas 2019. A cheap ekit for the kids and EZDrummer2 changed my "freetime" live. Damn. That is so good! Now, using Superior Drummer 3. Nontheless, I am deeper into music that ever. But still no output. But I came from acoustic drums to the ekit, DIYing midi controller, hihat controller, snare trigger, than switching to trigger2midi interface. Freaking out with midi remapping ... Then Cubase, VSTs, MIDI controller addicted, developping a very bad plug-in collecting syndrome, amp sims ... trying these with cheap guitars. Learning to teak these cheap guitars (fret polishing, intonation ), music theory, synth, sound design, mixing (soaked up the Dan Worrall and House of Kush videos), MIDI programming, ... because I cannot play guitar, or I mean I know the theory, the fretboard, but my finger are short sausages 🙂But, dude, I love the Impact Soundworks and Ample Guitars stuff. Together with Amplitube 5 it's awesome. At least to my ears. And so... lots of evenings went by and I was having a ton of fun but ... nothing to show. And today I was wondering why the FD-8 gives such a noisy signal... You know, the CC4 value is jumping. But I think it's still ok. It doesn't really change the openess... Keep going, mate! I will check out a few of your vids now.

great video. I did the repair. Unfortunately I still have no connection. I'm thinking the jack doesn't work. I can't seem to find that part available or for sale anywhere.

I can't seem to find the answer to this anywhere...does the electric sensor part fit the FD-6?

Hi, thanks for those instructions! Did you check whether it was necessary to exchange the electronic sensor? Most of the videos on this subject just mention the rubber bit that needs to be replaced because it's gone hard with age...

Thanks for posting this step by step. The repair kit worked great for my pedal.

Do you find the spring a little too (long) strong? It pushes the pedal up against the plastic housing when I take my feet off. The tiny rubber bits under the plastic housing do little to absorb the shock and I'll be damned if the plastic housing fails soon due to constant fatigue.

Iam from India...Hai brother thanku for ur video it's very useful to me...and can I get rupper and strip...plz..can u help me...

Worked great. Fixed my drums.

Thank you so much for your tutorial. Worked perfectly 🎉 much appreciated.

Thank you so much for your video ... going to try replace the rubber which is hard and is not pliable ~ 😃

Worked like a charm! Thanks!

Awesome video! I bought a used pedal and I immediately used compressed air to blow all the dust out of it and I think I have an idea why it doesn't work now LOL

I think this is what my pedal needs. Thanks for the video!👍😎🥁🎶

Can that Roland FD-8 hi-hat work with an older TD-6 Roland Module.

How much cost in india ❤ market

Tons of thanks. It helps a lot👍

So my alesis hi hat pedal is like this one but it doesnt want to close the hi hat quickly, it closes it if i have my foot on it and still works but when im playing and i have to choke the hi hat (i cant remember what its called)it doesnt work what would i have to replace?

Great vid!!!!! thanks!!! I will get my replacement part as well from amazon...

Thanks for the lesson. Much appreciated.

It works for me. Thank you.

Great, it worked

Thank you that was helpful.

Yep, worked great. The pedal has not worked for a couple of years.

ありがとう❤ 直すこができます！

For anyone where the rubber part got hard -> just put it into the microwave for 30 seconds. That did it for me, no reason to order a new part ;) Works like a charm

Before you go and buy the replacement kit, try this way as it worked flawlessly for me: Remove the rubber, microwave for 30 seconds, add grease to both the rubber and the wheel and there you go!

great

4/5 - informative and thorough, but wouldn't call it a "how to" video sicne certain things were out of order

Cool

This was a very well done video if you actually need to replace the sensor/trigger (nothing negative to say at all) -- however (to viewers) before you assume you need to do that, check out some of the other videos which show how a combination of dust, poor lubrication, and stiffening of the rubber pad can be the problem (and easier to fix): I followed this one and it was extremely easy and fixed all my issues without replacing anything: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KZrFsdaWu9Y.html

Terrible design by roland unfortunately. Have two of these pedals I need to fix. The upgraded fd-9 pedal is much more reliable.