What did you do to your GuHong?

[gundamslicer]

He said he core tapered it, does that mean he switched to a alpha core?

[tertius]

He may have chamfered it to reduce friction further? That is what tapered would mean to me.

[cuberkid10]

Since June 2010. (Pre-ordered from Speedcubeshop)
Ive lightly sanded the edges. I also did the 48-point mod and a partial V-56 corner mod. Then changed core and screws+springs to C4U. Lubed core and end of spring. Lubed surfaces with lubix and Maru Lube.

[Olji]

when i changed core and spring+screws to c4u on my guhong, it became bad, and in the middle of a turn a face would explode (yes, whole layer blasts off), if not, then it was only the center piece that popped(soaring across the room that is), so im only using c4u core, keeping the black screws and springs.... i tried placing the spring both ways, different tensions and such, but it still was bad, and exploded, dunno why @_@

[cuberkid10]

My used to do that with the C4U core, but I've added a bit of superglue to the tip of the screw. And I've added foam inside the center cap, which somewhat restricts the screw from coming out.

[Vinny]

I bought it off a guy who Lubix'ed it. After a while, I cleaned it, reassembled it, re lubixed it, and that's it. I'm thinking I have to clean it again soon because it gets stuff in the cracks of the edge pieces...

for my second one: I lubix'ed it.

I don't see why all these people are modding it, it works fine the way it is in my opinion.

[Olji]

the 48 point edge mod acually makes it even nicer (IMO)

[linkin182]

Ok... ive done the 48 point edge mod and v 5 corner mod and its so frickin SMOOTH now!
theres still a bit of clickyness but oh well

and people say the guhong core is not that great so people change it to a Alpha V core and Alpha 1 core....? can someone state a reason why those 2 cores are good? and some people change the screws/springs/ add washers.. etc... if you did then what screw/spring etc.. set did you change to?

[Cool Frog]

Natural lubricant.

[cube-o-holic]

I have a bunch so I just did the 48 point edge mod and slight V-5 corner mod to one of them. I've set the tension slightly tighter than the rest and now instead of a minor lock up it explodes instead. I think I'll leave the rest as they are.