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Does your Zhanchi pop?

How much does your Zhanchi pop?


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Yeah, does your's pop (and explode)? With or without torpedos? I have one with torpedos, pops and explodes a whole lot, tightened it, locks up more, cant cut, pieces catch and pops out. loosen it, explodes.
 
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Both of my Zhanchi cubes have never popped. Maybe you should do the edge mod for it?
Done it
Lube it then tighten it. I had like the same problem. I used traxxas but I'm sure maru lune or lubix would be amazing too.
Not planning on buying lube :( , only have a crappy 3 in 1 lube

maybe i'll give it to my friend whos new to cubing, and get a guhong v2 for myself

anyone else have any tips? (multi posted again!)
 
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Sarahjdes

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Nov 4, 2011
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Only problem I have is when I'm scrambling it without using a predefined scramble (when I'm just messing with it too harshly) a corner will sometimes rotate, so I end up with my whole cube solved but a corner. But I do not have pops when I'm solving my cube.
 

radmin

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Feb 25, 2010
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Columbus, Ohio
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I shortened the springs on mine. That way, it feels loose due to less friction but is actually tighter.
ZH becomes clicky when loose or when the springs are shortened, which I like.

I clipped 1.5 turns off using a Dremel's grinding bit. I put a little 30k Diff oil on the spring before reassembling. Other people have just swapped the springs with something else and gotten good results.


As far as popping, I get pops when it's too loose.
 

andyfreeman

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Jan 8, 2012
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Probably 1 in 50 when I am getting careless and it needs lubing. Torpedoless and quite loose. I have refined my turning style to being more accurate.
 

Eleredo

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Anyone who selected a choice other than "1 in 20+" badly needs to learn how to tension their cubes. I mean, even with the anchors removed, my Zhanchi barely pops. More of than not I already did hundreds of solves before I get a pop.

Of course every Zhanchi will pop at some time or another; the Zhanchi is pop-resistant, which is not the same as pop-proof. There will never be a cube that never pops, unless you tension it so it becomes a rock, but good luck with speedsolving then.

edit: Oh, and as for the setup: it now has torpedoes and it's lubed with silicon spray. I put the torpedoes back in not because it pops less with torpedoes but it just does not feel right when I solve my Zhanchi with the torpedoes removed.

I guess that's because I've been using it for a long time before I first took the torpedoes out so I was already very used to them.
 
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HeyCuber

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Jan 16, 2012
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Mine hasn't really popped during solves. Although, sometimes when I practice algorithms really fast, it might pop. Removing torpedoes made it pop worse so I'm using them at the moment.
 
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