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Re: Heeeelp! My lego is cracking (and I'm not joking)
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.general
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Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:06:20 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Luis Miguel Hernández writes:
> Hi all
>
> I was building the sports car I announced some time ago (If you don´t
> remember, check http://news.lugnet.com/technic/?n=8218 )when I saw some
> perpendicular axle joiners were splitting.
> Check it yourselves:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=278993
> (WARNING: file too heavy, 115KB... a less detailed version is at
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28892 )
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> You see 1 toggle joint toothed (all of my six are in the same condition) and
> 3 axle joiners: the 2 of the left, along other one, are the ones in the
> worst condition;the other one is an average one... but all of my
> perpendicular axle joiners are cracked in some way.... and worst of all: all
> in the same place!
> (disclaimer: what you saw isn't any kind of part of the car... it was only
> for putting those parts in my scanner. All of these images were made putting
> the lego in my scanner)
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> This problem made me remove all axle joiners (I'm afraid someday one of them
> would break) and stop building until problem is fixed. This problem is also
> present in one of my 30.4x14 VR wheels.
>
> But how? Is it any way of stopping and/or correcting that problem? Or at
> least, avoiding it?
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> Also... Some axles, specially axles 6 and 8, are bent (some of them up to 5
> degrees or more). Check it yourselves:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28892
> (if you want a hi-res image, try this:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=279024
> WARNING: file too heavy... 100KB)
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> The pictures speak for themselves. And almost the same questions:
> Is it possible to straighten those pieces? or at least avoiding further
> bendings in these and other axles? Does the rubber bands have something to
> do with them?
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> Maybe I'm expecting too much... or I'm the only unlucky one with those
> problems....
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> Thanks a lot
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> Luis Miguel
After looking at the pix, I wonder how much heat stress has been applied? If
your work space were very warm, or you left the assembly in the sun, or
something like that.... I have been working with the Technic pieces since
their inception and have had many splits, but never in a string like your
picture shows. My guess is that the axle has expanded.
Hope this aids, Wayne
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