RMcDonald
Member
Hi all,
I have a 55mm black DaYan Zhanchi that I have about ~600 solves on. It's not my main so it's not a huge deal, but it was my first proper speedcube so it's got a special place in my heart. It was very smooth and didn't catch often. However, I opened it up and lubed the core with Traxxas 50k. This has had an awesome effect on all my other cubes and I love the feel of it.
My issue is that a while after I did this while the rest of my cubes stayed awesome, this cube got incredibly catchy and pops almost every second solve. I turn it very gently, but almost as soon as a layer is misaligned and I try to turn it explodes. 4+ pieces fly off the thing. I thought maybe I didn't put the core screws in straight, so I disassembled and cleaned it, then put it together making sure to get the screws as straight as possible (very straight).
The screws are also evenly tensioned and I keep tightening it to minimize the pops, but even on very high tensions it still pops just as bad. It hardly corner cuts anymore either. I really have no idea what to do, I wanna keep using the cube, but I'm sick and tired of crawling around under my desk to find corners.
Can anyone offer any suggestions to improve this issue?
Thanks in advance
I have a 55mm black DaYan Zhanchi that I have about ~600 solves on. It's not my main so it's not a huge deal, but it was my first proper speedcube so it's got a special place in my heart. It was very smooth and didn't catch often. However, I opened it up and lubed the core with Traxxas 50k. This has had an awesome effect on all my other cubes and I love the feel of it.
My issue is that a while after I did this while the rest of my cubes stayed awesome, this cube got incredibly catchy and pops almost every second solve. I turn it very gently, but almost as soon as a layer is misaligned and I try to turn it explodes. 4+ pieces fly off the thing. I thought maybe I didn't put the core screws in straight, so I disassembled and cleaned it, then put it together making sure to get the screws as straight as possible (very straight).
The screws are also evenly tensioned and I keep tightening it to minimize the pops, but even on very high tensions it still pops just as bad. It hardly corner cuts anymore either. I really have no idea what to do, I wanna keep using the cube, but I'm sick and tired of crawling around under my desk to find corners.
Can anyone offer any suggestions to improve this issue?
Thanks in advance