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Setting Tension Issues

Weiseguy

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I just ordered 2 old type A's from Puzzle Proz and am having a LOT of trouble getting the tension right.

Right now, I was using Pestvic's video of tightening everything until I could barely move the sides. Then I continually loosen little by little until it pops. That REALLY lets the first side move great, but then I move to the next side and it pops almost instantly.

Figuring it was because this side was all the way in while the other was out a lot, I retighten the first some more so I can loosen the 2nd. This continues until both sides are pretty stiff and I move to the third. It pops almost immediately, and I find myself tightening more.

basically, I have each side a little loose right now so I can turn the sides, but they are still REALLY tight and not at all smooth or cutting corners as I expected.

No I haven't lubed or broken it in yet, but I was told DIY's really didn't need to be broken in. Plus, my pieces had almost no imperfections.
 

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His guide is not that good, beacause an edge is not only held in place by one center its a combination of two centres, also if you tighten a screw it influences the opposite center a little bit, beacause you push all the centres between a little bit towards the opposite centre by tightening a screw.
 

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Yeah, I didn't find it too helpful when this is my first DIY and I'm not too sure what to do. I tried doing Puzzleproz method he mentions in his forum of pulling the Top URF corner outword while holding the ULF corner to see the space. He says if you can see the edge of the corner, screw in some. If not, screw out some. This is kind of working, but hard to measure.

Any tips?
 
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Take out one edge, pop out the centers that correspond to that edge...turn that side, take out another center...just do this until they are all out, put the edge back in, solve it if you've scrambled it any, and then just set the tentions of each side until you like them (since the cube it assembled, you can test right after you set the tension). After you are done, put in the center caps.

P.S. - don't follow Pestvic's video too much...just tune it to how you think it should feel, it doesn't matter if it pops.
 

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Well, it does matter if it pops because I will be speedcubing with this quite a bit.

I decided to just loosen a little so I could turn the faces decently. Then I lubed it because of boredom and it turns like a dream. It's amazing what that PuzzlePro lube can do.

Both of my cubes are done now, awesome stuff.

Thanks for the help
 

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I thought it was awesome. It came out of the syringe thing SUPER fast and I wasted some, but otherwise its good. It even smells decent, lol.

Its the exact same thing as Rubik's brand lube, just his name instead. I think he buys it in bulk, puts into his own bottles, lol.

Its liquid silicon basically.
 
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