[Help Thread] Need help preventing center cap pops on Aoshi 6x6

[Discomantis]

So my Aoshi 6x6 has a big problem of center cap pops. I tried tightening it and it still doesn’t fix the problem.

Does anyone know of a way I can fix this problem? It affects my competition performance a lot.

 

[gsingh]

So my Aoshi 6x6 has a big problem of center cap pops. I tried tightening it and it still doesn’t fix the problem.

Does anyone know of a way I can fix this problem? It affects my competition performance a lot.

Glue the caps on

 

[Tabe]

Glue the caps on

Yep. That's what I had to do.

 

[artless1der]

Ö wow this is the first I've heard of uch a thing happening

fyi, tightening only forces piecesntobrub against each other tighter

try loosening each side by 180°

 

[xyzzy]

If, like me, you have butter fingers and can't trust yourself to correctly apply glue on tiny pieces without getting it everywhere:

1. Take out an outer x-centre cap (the others don't pop, at least for me).
2. Stuff a tiny ball of Blu Tack into the central hole on the primary plastic part. (The centre cap has a peg that goes in there, but the friction fit is dysfunctional.) Don't push the Blu Tack too far in; it should basically be flush with the edge.
3. Push the centre caps back in.

I've done like 100+ solves and haven't had any centre cap pops since. (I used to get around 1 pop every 3-4 solves, though most often the pops happened during scrambling rather solving.)