Maru 4x4 problem

[msoc14]

EDIT: It is fixed now thanks to everyone's help! Hopefully this will help other people if they run into the same problem and don't know much haha

I just ran into this problem with my new Maru 4x4:

it won't turn when white and yellow are on either the top or bottom. I can't do at R, r, L, or l, but I can do U, u, D and d. Here is a video I quickly made to show the problem:

I just got it yesterday, so I am unfamiliar with the internal parts and other stuff about it so any help would be appreciated! THanks

 

[iChanZer0]

If you got it from cube depot tell him its defected and send it back he'll give you a new one

 

[dimwmuni]

Well I don't have one and don't know the mechanism either, but if it has a ball core it may be that it has split and moved because the screw was too lose. It happened to me when I dropped my QJ 4x4 and I took it apart and tightened the screw and that seemed to fix it.

 

[iChanZer0]

Well I don't have one and don't know the mechanism either, but if it has a ball core it may be that it has split and moved because the screw was too lose. It happened to me when I dropped my QJ 4x4 and I took it apart and tightened the screw and that seemed to fix it.

Its not a ball core its a modified vcube mechanism

 

[msoc14]

Yeah I got it from CubeDepot, but i solved it a couple of times before it happened and it worked fine, so is it considered defective?

ok thanks for the advice, I am just afraid to take it apart because I saw a thread saying how difficult it was to put it back together. I will do that if I have to though

 

[bluecloe45]

the core is out of allignment. you need to dissasemble and reassemble right

 

[iChanZer0]

Yeah I got it from CubeDepot, but i solved it a couple of times before it happened and it worked fine, so is it considered defective?

ok thanks for the advice, I am just afraid to take it apart because I saw a thread saying how difficult it was to put it back together. I will do that if I have to though

well ask the owner bigbee99 and he may exchange it for another one

 

[DavidWoner]

You don't have to take it apart to realign it. Squeeze one half to hold the core in place and turn the other half until it realigns.

 

[msoc14]

You don't have to take it apart to realign it. Squeeze one half to hold the core in place and turn the other half until it realigns.

OMG IT WORKED THANKS SOO MUCH!! as I was doing that i realized the screws were behind the edges so I tried squeezing one half like you said. I just had to turn the other half and apply some pressure to make it move back!

Thanks again and to everone else!

 

[robosariobo777]

if u want to contact the owner, just use the site..or email him..he always gets back quick

 

[waffle=ijm]

there's a fix for this. if you take the cube apart, make sure the that little blocks that prevent the locks aren't moving. if they are, superglue them down so that those won't move.

 

[─━K`]

it must be "locked" inside...

 

[WastedMeerkat]

From the other thread:

Ok, so I'm getting lockups on the inner layers occasionally, but I want that to stop completely. I took a look inside, and only one of the centers is molded to where the inner edge pieces are already there. The rest are just normal. Is there any way to glue these so that the core misalignment stops? I know those weird shapes on the core need to be considered when doing this...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4072938/Pictures/maru4x4_centers.png

there's a fix for this. if you take the cube apart, make sure the that little blocks that prevent the locks aren't moving. if they are, superglue them down so that those won't move.

Really? Well, mine weren't moving when I took it apart and tried to turn them. Do you mean they're rotating, or they're just kinda moving around a little bit? I really wanted to fix this, but now that I've already put it back together. Now the cube is even more locky than before I took it apart.

 

[waffle=ijm]

From the other thread:

Ok, so I'm getting lockups on the inner layers occasionally, but I want that to stop completely. I took a look inside, and only one of the centers is molded to where the inner edge pieces are already there. The rest are just normal. Is there any way to glue these so that the core misalignment stops? I know those weird shapes on the core need to be considered when doing this...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4072938/Pictures/maru4x4_centers.png

there's a fix for this. if you take the cube apart, make sure the that little blocks that prevent the locks aren't moving. if they are, superglue them down so that those won't move.

Really? Well, mine weren't moving when I took it apart and tried to turn them. Do you mean they're rotating, or they're just kinda moving around a little bit? I really wanted to fix this, but now that I've already put it back together. Now the cube is even more locky than before I took it apart.

like
even small movements can cause misalignment...they should be firm on the core at all times.

 

[WastedMeerkat]

like
even small movements can cause misalignment...they should be firm on the core at all times.

Ok, but then my other problem is that I can't seem to tighten the screws all the way back to where they were. I'm afraid I might strip it.

 

[waffle=ijm]

like
even small movements can cause misalignment...they should be firm on the core at all times.

Ok, but then my other problem is that I can't seem to tighten the screws all the way back to where they were. I'm afraid I might strip it.

the 2 screws (the ones with the blocks) are rivets.

 

[WastedMeerkat]

like
even small movements can cause misalignment...they should be firm on the core at all times.

Ok, but then my other problem is that I can't seem to tighten the screws all the way back to where they were. I'm afraid I might strip it.

the 2 screws (the ones with the blocks) are rivets.

Yeah I saw that somewhere else before. I think my screwdriver isn't blunt enough, and that's why it doesn't work so well.

 

[Mikon]

Oh, yes, I marry you...

I mean, Should I just have patience everytime this happens or just buy another 4x4x4 brand?
I am also having the exact same problem.
Meffert's would probably be more... reliable?

 

[qwr]

I disassembled mine completely and then put it back together and tightened it. Took over an hour (any puzzle larger than a 3x3 takes me a long time and a few rubber bands) but the problem is mostly fixed. There are still minor misalignments but no catastrophic complete misalignments.

 

[ender9994]

I disassembled mine completely and then put it back together and tightened it. Took over an hour (any puzzle larger than a 3x3 takes me a long time and a few rubber bands) but the problem is mostly fixed. There are still minor misalignments but no catastrophic complete misalignments.

Reliving the glory days of puzzle hardware from 2010?