[Help Thread] Issue with Tornado v3

[bldcuber314]

I currently main the X-man Tornado V3 Standard, and I'm having a big issue. All of a sudden, my cube feels extremely loose on one side to the point where it pops on 30% of solves and it's basically unusable. This problem seems to come from underneath the green center cap(I'm looking at you @Stock_Fish109 !) which is half popping out. Even if I tighten it, it just pops back out again very quickly. Does anybody know how this is caused or how I could fix it? Thanks in advance!

 

[Bingus Ringus McDingus]

I currently main the X-man Tornado V3 Standard, and I'm having a big issue. All of a sudden, my cube feels extremely loose on one side to the point where it pops on 30% of solves and it's basically unusable. This problem seems to come from underneath the green center cap(I'm looking at you @Stock_Fish109 !) which is half popping out. Even if I tighten it, it just pops back out again very quickly. Does anybody know how this is caused or how I could fix it? Thanks in advance!

Can you send a picture of the center, with the center cap off? I may be able to help.

 

[bldcuber314]

Can you send a picture of the center, with the center cap off? I may be able to help.

Sorry, I don't think I can send pics because of anonymity issues and other complications and stuff.

 

[AJT17]

This happened to me too. If I remember right it was caused by the core breaking which causes the tensioning system to pop out. If you take the cube apart then you might be able to see better. Sooner or later the core may completely snap on that one side. You can probably get a replacement core but I don't know how reliable that is, I have heard that even the replacements break too.

 

[Bingus Ringus McDingus]

Sorry, I don't think I can send pics because of anonymity issues and other complications and stuff.

Ok, that's fine.
If you have a screw underneath, not a plastic rivet, holding the adjustment ring in, you may have a stripping core. Either unscrew it, slip a tiny piece of paper into the hole where the screw goes, and screw it back in (making sure that the paper remains on the side of the screw, not being pushed to the bottom by it), or buy a replacement core. If it's the plastic rivet, I can't really help you.

 

[bldcuber314]

Ok, that's fine.
If you have a screw underneath, not a plastic rivet, holding the adjustment ring in, you may have a stripping core. Either unscrew it, slip a tiny piece of paper into the hole where the screw goes, and screw it back in (making sure that the paper remains on the side of the screw, not being pushed to the bottom by it), or buy a replacement core. If it's the plastic rivet, I can't really help you.

OK, it's the screw so I'll try to do this. I'll check the core too.

 

[Noah_SpeedCubeShop]

I currently main the X-man Tornado V3 Standard, and I'm having a big issue. All of a sudden, my cube feels extremely loose on one side to the point where it pops on 30% of solves and it's basically unusable. This problem seems to come from underneath the green center cap(I'm looking at you @Stock_Fish109 !) which is half popping out. Even if I tighten it, it just pops back out again very quickly. Does anybody know how this is caused or how I could fix it? Thanks in advance!

This sounds like your core may be damaged and/or stripped as @Bingus Ringus McDingus mentioned. If you ordered through us, you can contact our customer support team here. We'll be happy to help