How to make your DaYan Zhanchi smooth - without sanding!
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Basic Overview:My little guide on making your zhanchi smooth. The main part of this is taking out the washers, and with all of the other things your Zhanchi will be super-smooth. However, if you do this to a cube right from the box, you will still have to break it in for ultimate smoothness
1. Take out Torpedoes.
2. Take out washers.
3. Lube core and pieces with Traxxas.
4. Lube screws with CRC.
Also tell me if you like the background music, thought I would try it out.
Last edited by HelpCube; 12-30-2011 at 03:11 PM.
If you take out the washers, won't there be a higher chance of the screw scratching the bottom of the centre piece ledge?
In addition to 5BLDs observation wouldn't it make the layer uneven from the wear caused? Have you tried this mod for 5 months or so?
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Yes, but it doesn't affect the turning other than making it smoother. Every once in a while you might hear the spring rotating, but it definitely improves the turning. And if you're wondering about wearing down, I've had one for about 5 months without the washers and I'm having no issues with that.Originally Posted by 5BLD
And to the person who posted right above me, (got ninja'd) you do this to every layer, so it wouldn't be uneven. And like I said, I've had it without washers for ~5 months.
Take out the torpedos? That can really help to make it smoother?
And by smoother, do you mean effortless turning and no lockups? My zhannchi tends to lock up.
By smoother I mean more of effortless turning than no lockups, however this definitely helps with lockups some. If it's stopping lockups you're looking for, you're gonna have to do an actual modification of the pieces.
Can you show me how?
I've never done it before because I find mods often make my cubes scratchy because of the sanding, but check out this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8QtPetMAK0
Donovan from Lubix probably has some good videos too.
Looks like a lot of work...hm..Maybe ill do your mod thingy. Do you think it is worth it?
If you're talking about my mod, definately. It only takes a half hour if your edges aren't too hard to pull apart for taking out the torpedoes. The cube becomes so much smoother, especially with a broken in ZhanChi. However, this works great even on Zhanchis right out of the box.
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