V-Cube 5 advice / help / improve thread

[AvGalen]

V5 needs a mod????

 

[ErikJ]

you never said what was wrong with it.

 

[Markus Pirzer]

V5 needs a mod????

I just thought the same. I didn't even lubricate my V5 and it is much faster than my Rubik's 5x5.

 

[Dankeeen]

V5 needs a mod????

I just thought the same. I didn't even lubricate my V5 and it is much faster than my Rubik's 5x5.

if you sand down some of the bumps on the corner pieces, you'll get rid of som clicky fell from the outer layers

(bad english)

 

[wrbcube4]

you never said what was wrong with it.

That's the Point. I don't know what is wrong with it. I tried Lubricating it and it still is the same after I lube it. I posted this thread because it was getting to a point where it hurts my wrists after I solve it and I thought you guys could help.

 

[ErikJ]

you never said what was wrong with it.

That's the Point. I don't know what is wrong with it. I tried Lubricating it and it still is the same after I lube it. I posted this thread because it was getting to a point where it hurts my wrists after I solve it and I thought you guys could help.

if it doesn't turn good it isn't broken in yet. even with any lubricant v5s are very fast.

 

[wrbcube4]

Okay, I'll break it in more.

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

Is it tight? Or could it be that there is a long hair or something caught inside?

My black V5,6,7 cubes were loose when they arrived. My white ones are needing hundreds of hours of twisting to loosen up. I couldn't wait to solve the white cubes so I lubed them (with silicone shock oil) not too long after they arrived. But lubing them reduced the friction, which is why it is taking so long to break them in.

As I watch TV, I grind faces and slices back and forth over and over, wherever it feels tight. I stop when my wrists begin to hurt, then repeat later.

 

[wrbcube4]

Is it tight? Or could it be that there is a long hair or something caught inside?

My black V5,6,7 cubes were loose when they arrived. My white ones are needing hundreds of hours of twisting to loosen up. I couldn't wait to solve the white cubes so I lubed them (with silicone shock oil) not too long after they arrived. But lubing them reduced the friction, which is why it is taking so long to break them in.

As I watch TV, I grind faces and slices back and forth over and over, wherever it feels tight. I stop when my wrists begin to hurt, then repeat later.

Awesome advice. Thanks.

 

[Reedmaker]

V cube 5 problem

Hello,
I am very new a this and this is my first topic, so I apologize in advance for any mistake I might make. Last month I got a V cube 5 and a V cube 7, and learned how to solve both of them. I know that V cubes require breaking in, and through many solves my 7x7 now works great. However, even though I have used it much more, my 5x5 has barely improved at all. I've tried everything that I could think of, breaking in exercises, lubing, and have gotten no result. In fact the lubing has made it much worse, and it is impossible to do finger tricks, and very hard to move. Is there any way that I can loosen the springs?
Thanks

 

[4Chan]

Apart from buying a KO cube, no. (People discourage this. d: )

Just keep practicing, it takes a while.

 

[JTW2007]

What exactly are you doing to it?

 

[mroth]

It's impossible to loosen the springs, because the v5 doesn't use screws but rivets. There's a mod to make an adjustable core here, but it's not that easy I believe.
You could also try this mod (it removes the clicky feeling from the outer layers and it made my v5 smoother and also a bit looser):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAZOFqqD00I

anyway, the cube should not get worse after lubricating, what did you use? Jigaloo will make it hard to turn for a minute or so after lubing but then it should get much better.

 

[Mr Cubism]

Beacuse of the rivets, is it a kind of luck/unluck how good V5-cube you will get?! (Like the storebought 3x3x3)

 

[cooldayr]

you can do the MM&P mod

it worked wonders for mine

 

[puzzlemaster]

Sounds like Reid Flasinski's 5x5...That thing was hell to turn lol.

 

[Meep]

The best way is to just keep playing with it =P If it's still not broken in after 1 month, then 1 month isn't long enough~ It depends how roughly you turn and such too.

 

[cincyaviation]

what did you lube it with? that could be the problem

 

[HALLU]

V-Cube 5 center caps removal?

I have a white and a black V-Cube 5.. I want to use the white core for my black cube, with the black center caps for it How do I get the center caps off? It seems like they're glued.. What do you suggest?

 

[4Chan]

Some type of sharp instrument like a knife, wedged under the cap works great.

A sort of side to side motion, can also help take the caps off.