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I have one and it turns as good as the yuxin, but feels stabler
TheChaiCuber
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mark49152
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Anyone else have trouble with centre caps popping off? Happens every few solves for me. I also get some nasty lockups AoChuang style.
Any advice on setting this cube up?
Any advice on setting this cube up?
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I dont have this problem, but that may be because i dont have the cube.
And try tighten the cube if you have not already.
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I DO have this cube and I don't have this problem.
If you tighten it, those lockups go away. On my tensions, I can cause a lockup with purposefully bad and forceful turning. But unlike the AoChuang, it's very easy to fix... practically snaps back into shape by itself. Def one of the best features of this cube.
After tightening it, you might lose a little speed, but the stability and cutting ability is (for the most part) maintained.
mark49152
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@Chree, do you lube it?
The cube is very well set up, felt great OOTB and feels great after ~100 solves, so I'm reluctant to mess with it, but those lockups are a lot more frequent than my AoChuang and Yuxin so i am going to have to do something.
Those caps will have to be glued I guess. I also have a new AoSu with exactly the same problem.
The cube is very well set up, felt great OOTB and feels great after ~100 solves, so I'm reluctant to mess with it, but those lockups are a lot more frequent than my AoChuang and Yuxin so i am going to have to do something.
Those caps will have to be glued I guess. I also have a new AoSu with exactly the same problem.
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I didn't at first... but I do now. The first time I tried putting a lighter lube in it (25ct shock oil) it felt horrible. Had to disassemble, clean each piece, and try again. Heavy lubes seem to work very well in the BoChuang. A pretty decent smattering of traxxis 50K at lots of different contact points is my usual routine now.
The center caps thing might be a defect... and I'm sorry to hear it. I hate the idea of gluing my caps down, because I might want to get at the screws later. But since these caps hang over other pieces a little more than usual, I can see how it could become an issue. You might also fix this by tightening it, but that's just me wishfully thinking out loud.
I remember AoChuang lockups well, but never managed to cause them on my Yuxin. And I think tensions made the difference. I had to keep my AoChuang a little loose just to speed it up, even though I knew it increased my risk of lockups. But on the Yuxin and BoChuang, tightening it didn't take as much mobility away... and it definitely helps prevent nasty lockups.
Maybe try small amounts at a time. Like an 8th turn of the screw on each side at a time... or less. Just get it to the point where your lockups stop being of the "nasty" variety and instead will snap back into place by just undoing the turn. Hopefully, by that point the overall feeling of the cube won't be gone, and you can start getting used to the newer feel, confident that if you lockup at all it won't completely ruin your solve.
I didn't at first... but I do now. The first time I tried putting a lighter lube in it (25ct shock oil) it felt horrible. Had to disassemble, clean each piece, and try again. Heavy lubes seem to work very well in the BoChuang. A pretty decent smattering of traxxis 50K at lots of different contact points is my usual routine now.
The center caps thing might be a defect... and I'm sorry to hear it. I hate the idea of gluing my caps down, because I might want to get at the screws later. But since these caps hang over other pieces a little more than usual, I can see how it could become an issue. You might also fix this by tightening it, but that's just me wishfully thinking out loud.
I remember AoChuang lockups well, but never managed to cause them on my Yuxin. And I think tensions made the difference. I had to keep my AoChuang a little loose just to speed it up, even though I knew it increased my risk of lockups. But on the Yuxin and BoChuang, tightening it didn't take as much mobility away... and it definitely helps prevent nasty lockups.
Maybe try small amounts at a time. Like an 8th turn of the screw on each side at a time... or less. Just get it to the point where your lockups stop being of the "nasty" variety and instead will snap back into place by just undoing the turn. Hopefully, by that point the overall feeling of the cube won't be gone, and you can start getting used to the newer feel, confident that if you lockup at all it won't completely ruin your solve.
mark49152
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@Chree: Maybe my turning is just terrible: )
With my old AoSu I had the opposite problem. Heavier lube killed it and I had to disassemble and clean. Now I use 10wt shock oil in other 4x4 and 5x5 cubes. I might try a tiny bit of 10k diff oil in the Bochuang first and then put shock oil in if that's too gummy, but I'm curious to hear more opinions.
The centre popping only seems to affect x-centres. Sorry I wasn't clear.
With my old AoSu I had the opposite problem. Heavier lube killed it and I had to disassemble and clean. Now I use 10wt shock oil in other 4x4 and 5x5 cubes. I might try a tiny bit of 10k diff oil in the Bochuang first and then put shock oil in if that's too gummy, but I'm curious to hear more opinions.
The centre popping only seems to affect x-centres. Sorry I wasn't clear.
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