What's wrong with my RS3M?

[Lord_Oscar]

Whenever I turn the yellow or white face of my MoYu RS3M 2020, it makes a weird sound that I think has something to do with the springs. Has anyone had a similar problem and if so how did you resolve it?
BTW I've had the cube just under a month and I lubricate it often.

 

[An Animating Cuber]

Whenever I turn the yellow or white face of my MoYu RS3M 2020, it makes a weird sound that I think has something to do with the springs. Has anyone had a similar problem and if so how did you resolve it?
BTW I've had the cube just under a month and I lubricate it often.

Just spring noise not much you can do.

 

[artless1der]

it does seem like standard spring noise...

you can do this to help reduce spring noise:

take each center cap off and add a drop of your heaviest lubricant onto the spring itself
you can just angle the tip of the bottle to make sure you're getting it on the spring...
for best results you can completely remove the screw and spring and do it that way, and it won't hurt to use 2 drops, one at the top and the bottom of the screw...
the noise comes from the spring rasping against either the washer under it or against the screw or both

if your mom sews, she might have some sewing machine oil (or something similar) that would work great for this

 

[Lord_Oscar]

Just spring noise not much you can do.

Thanks

 

[Lord_Oscar]

it does seem like standard spring noise...

you can do this to help reduce spring noise:

take each center cap off and add a drop of your heaviest lubricant onto the spring itself
you can just angle the tip of the bottle to make sure you're getting it on the spring...
for best results you can completely remove the screw and spring and do it that way, and it won't hurt to use 2 drops, one at the top and the bottom of the screw...
the noise comes from the spring rasping against either the washer under it or against the screw or both

if your mom sews, she might have some sewing machine oil (or something similar) that would work great for this

Thanks

 

[Lord_Oscar]

Would spring noise have any detrimental long-term effects on the puzzle?

 

[artless1der]

Would spring noise have any detrimental long-term effects on the puzzle?

not really
it is a bit distracting AND annoying during the solve
and it probably does slow the turns down by a very small bit
but it won't hurt the puzzle (least not for like 100 years ha)

 

[artless1der]

buuut you can make it all gonaway with 6-12 drops of oil on those springs/screws

 

[FenTheGoat]

It could also be a magnet that fell loose, I’ve seen that happen before, if so, just superglue the magnet back into place.