My eastsheen 2x2 is too loose!

[apostolis159]

Hello!
As I said, my eastsheen 2x2 cube is too loose! I bought it before 2 days and it was very loose from when I took it in my hands. I haven't lubed it and I am not going to.
Is there a way to make it more tight??
Because sometimes I want to turn 90 degrees and it turns 180 if I put a little more force!

 

[Edward]

Shock oil tends to slow things down, try that.

 

[Joker]

Get a Ghost Hand (GH). Yeah, you can put shock oil in it, but really, it still won't be that good since it cannot corner cut. Theres not much you can do other than put a screw spring structure which would take quite a while. Just get a GH.

 

[apostolis159]

Where I can get a Ghost Hand cube?
I am new to cubing and i don't know further than the basics... :/

 

[apostolis159]

Maybe I could open it and do something from inside?
I don't even know how to open it without damaging it. If there is a way for this... :/

 

[FatBoyXPC]

You can't really slow it down without doing a screw/spring mod which actually id a lot of work to do right.

To open it: turn a side 45 degrees, when you see one of the corners with the opening, there is a small vertical tab, push the tab toward the inside of that corner piece, push down and the corner shell should slide right off. Be careful not to break that tab, or you'll have to glue the corner shell back on (and that's no good if you do that to all corner shells lol).

There are inner edge pieces, it will make sense how to put it together if you pay attention of how you took it apart. The "screws" are actually just pieces that pop in place. The only way of to tighten this I can think of is to place a small piece of paper between the plastic piece that sits on top of the edges and under the "head" of the piece that pops in. You'd have to cut a hole into the piece of paper for the "screw" to slide through.

It's much easier though to just buy a LanLan, GhostHand, or ShengShou.


Just so you know, I had this exact same problem. And to those that said put in some shock oil: after it gets worked in a bit it'll make the cube even faster lol.

 

[apostolis159]

Where I can find other brands?(LanLan, GhostHand etc.)?
Because where i live in greece there aren't at any shop.

 

[FatBoyXPC]

Lightake.com, speedcubeshop.com, there are a few others but I don't remember them off the top of my head. Use the search function for speedcube shop, and I mean the google search at the top of each forum page, not the built in vb search.

 

[apostolis159]

Ok, thank you guys! I also find the way to open it so i may try to tune it from inside!
I bought it for only 3 euro, so I don't mind if it brake, I'll take another one!

 

[Joker]

Where I can get a Ghost Hand cube?
I am new to cubing and i don't know further than the basics... :/

speedcubeshop.com