The proper solution: lube your core with a good silicone lube (weight 3 or 5) or Lubicle Black.
what does "lubing the core" mean? I have traxxas 50k. But I wanna avoid the lube seeping into the screwholes because that's how they loosened up before.
You unscrew the entire cube, put lubricant onto the part of the screw where the spring hugs around, then put the cube back together. That’s how I do it usually.
you mean put lube onto the screw shaft? what is the purpose of that? the spring only has contact on two points which are both ends of it.
dude just take off your centercap and squirt some silicone lube under the screw. it really isn't that deep. no need to worry about contact points or any of that garbage
Spring noise comes from the spring moving on the screw, making that noise. Also from contact on the washer. Putting lube on the screw shaft and then adding the spring dampens the noise so that you can’t hear it.
You think I haven't tried that at least a few times?
If you take off the cap, you can see the noise comes from the sharp metal wire ends of the spring getting stuck on and scraping against either the screw head or washer. Those are the two ends I mentioned. The screw makes zero to minimal contact with the screw shaft, and there is nothing to get stuck on there. (I'm not a puzzle designer, just someone who has done very basic puzzle mods and has common sense for how things work)
Well for whatever reason putting lube there on the screw shaft stops spring noise. Gotta trust me here.
surprised the lube didn’t reach the contact point you were talking about. You tried putting lube on the tip of the spring right?
I tried it and it still had noise. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Yes, I've tried it multiple times. I think maybe the spring wire ends are just sharp and catch-prone.
That's true but I don't have any maglev magnets. And at that point I could buy a rs3m v5 maglev for $15
