Dayan Zhanchi Explodes?! Help Please

[jskyler91]

Hey guys, so as I am sure you can tell from the title of this thread, I am having some issues with my dayan zhanchi. It is an amazing cube 95% of the time, but it will randomly explode or a piece will shoot out for no reason during a solve. I am not using the anchors and I am sure that this wouldn't happen if I had them in, but the cube becomes more locky if I do put them in. I have my cube relatively tight, maybe a little looser than it comes stock and I am not a very rough cuber so I don't think it is that.

Is anyone else having this happen? how tight do most people have their Zhanchi's? it would be preferable if you could tell me how many turns loose it is i.e. if you tighten all sides completely, how many turns do you loosen it before you stop. I would appreciate any help people could give me. I might try tightening it, but the randomness of the pops seems fishy to me. Thanks...

 

[AustinReed]

I don't have a Zhanchi, but I think this cube is WAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY overhyped. Yeah, they Lunhui was supposed to be unpoppable. See where that went?

 

[Jostle]

1. Tighten it.
2. Put anchors in.
or
3. Deal with it.

 

[jskyler91]

That was pointless, why even respond if you are not going to offer any real help. I am not an *****, I have tightened it many times and i already said I don't want the anchors. I am mainly curious if others have had this problem and how tight they have theirs.

 

[AustinReed]

That way pointless, why even respond if you are not going to offer any real help. I am not an *****, I have tightened it many times and i already said I don't want the anchors. I am mainly curious if others have had this problem and how tight they have theirs.

That leaves the third option.

 

[jskyler91]

That leaves the third option.

Or possibly a fourth option like a mod or someone telling me how tight they have their cube....

 

[jskyler91]

What would the person being a mod have to do with anything?
Tighten it.

Person being a mod? I said "like a mod" meaning someone might be also having this problem and have figured out a mod to fix it. Can I please get someone who can offer some constructive or educated responses? I am not stupid or a noob, I average 18 seconds, and I have owned many cubes which I have tensioned the same way and the edge pieces haven't turned into projectiles.

Isn't the entire reason for having these types of forums for cubers to meet, ask questions from one another and become better? Why is it that all I see from people when others ask questions is smart a** responses and jerkyness? Its rather frustrating and ridiculous.

Does anyone have anything constructive to say?

 

[Andreaillest]

The 48 point edge mod perhaps? That's the only mod I can think of that people do with their Dayans.
That or you'll just have to put the anchors in.

 

[jskyler91]

^^Ya, I actually forgot to mention that I had already done that. Btw, I know this sound kind of weird and off the topic, but I viewed your youtube out of pure bordem yesterday and we cube in almost the exact same way, with the same times and the same problems of cube rotations/ poor look ahead.

 

[Jostle]

Its rather frustrating and ridiculous.

Nou.
It shouldn't really be that hard to just tension it and try for yourself...
Either that or put the anchors in.

And of course, we have option number three.

 

[Andreaillest]

^^Ya, I actually forgot to mention that I had already done that. Btw, I know this sound kind of weird and off the topic, but I viewed your youtube out of pure bordem yesterday and we cube in almost the exact same way, with the same times and the same problems of cube rotations/ poor look ahead.

Ya, I hate that. I wish I was smoother.

 

[jskyler91]

Me too, I have been practicing going ridiculously slow for the last two days to make sure that I have no pauses, and it has helped quite a bit. I am still a burst cuber though. The good thing is that once our lookahead improves we will be awesome because we already have the speed for sub 15!!!

 

[hammerhead]

HEy, about your ZhanChi problem...

Well, I am rather a rough cuber, so without the torpedos, it popped at least once every 5-6 solves. VERY FRUSTRATING!
The thing about putting the torpedos in, is that there are slight modifications you need to make to your cube for them to NOT cause locks and catches. Well, if you look under each corner, there is a tiny bit of plastic you need to remove so the torpedos don't make contact with them. That will make it smoother and reduce locks. I suggest trying this, because this worked for me with this cube AND modding my GuHong with torpedos :]

You also need to lube under the corner where the torpedo runs so is is smoother. I honestly don't think they cause locks, so maybe give it time, tension in right(look up camcubers how to, it worked well for me).

Good luck, buddy :]

 

[jskyler91]

HEy, about your ZhanChi problem...

Well, I am rather a rough cuber, so without the torpedos, it popped at least once every 5-6 solves. VERY FRUSTRATING!
The thing about putting the torpedos in, is that there are slight modifications you need to make to your cube for them to NOT cause locks and catches. Well, if you look under each corner, there is a tiny bit of plastic you need to remove so the torpedos don't make contact with them. That will make it smoother and reduce locks. I suggest trying this, because this worked for me with this cube AND modding my GuHong with torpedos :]

You also need to lube under the corner where the torpedo runs so is is smoother. I honestly don't think they cause locks, so maybe give it time, tension in right(look up camcubers how to, it worked well for me).

Good luck, buddy :]

Thank you very much kind sir, I shall look up camcubers vid, what is its title?

 

[jskyler91]

HEy, about your ZhanChi problem...

Well, I am rather a rough cuber, so without the torpedos, it popped at least once every 5-6 solves. VERY FRUSTRATING!
The thing about putting the torpedos in, is that there are slight modifications you need to make to your cube for them to NOT cause locks and catches. Well, if you look under each corner, there is a tiny bit of plastic you need to remove so the torpedos don't make contact with them. That will make it smoother and reduce locks. I suggest trying this, because this worked for me with this cube AND modding my GuHong with torpedos :]

You also need to lube under the corner where the torpedo runs so is is smoother. I honestly don't think they cause locks, so maybe give it time, tension in right(look up camcubers how to, it worked well for me).

Good luck, buddy :]

Thank you very much kind sir, I shall look up camcubers vid, what is its title?

 

[hammerhead]

"How to properly tension a speedcube"

 

[jskyler91]

"How to properly tension a speedcube"

AH, I misread what you had wrote, I thought camcuber made a vid on the zhanchi and how to stop pops. I tightened it again and not pops in the last 20 solves, but it is a little too tight for me... I might add the anchors tomorrow, we'll see.

 

[hammerhead]

Ah, I'm sorry :/ Well, do you get the idea of the odd pieces of plastic under the corner stalks? Well remove that with a blade, and then tension it to your liking :] USING THE VIDEO! HA! see, posting the title of the video still had some meaning!(well I hope)

 

[XaveL]

refer to this link http://puzzleaddictions.com/index/mods.html
look at the corner mod ( guhong`s corner ) , remove the excessive plastic. Im pretty sure zhanchi`s corner piece has excessive plastic
( sorry for my bad english )

 

[jskyler91]

Ah, I'm sorry :/ Well, do you get the idea of the odd pieces of plastic under the corner stalks? Well remove that with a blade, and then tension it to your liking :] USING THE VIDEO! HA! see, posting the title of the video still had some meaning!(well I hope)

Ya, I noticed the excess when I lubed it, but I didn't feel like scraping it off. Sounds like a job for tomorrow.