Repair Thread

[TTT]

WD-40 ?

[Iron Moose]

Originally Posted by Zeralia

Have any of you had to do minor (or major) repairs to TFs you've bought that have had some pretty bad damage done when transforming them? If so, what have you used? If it comes down to actually gluing pieces back, what kind is best?

I'm asking because I recently bought a Binaltech Prowl

You bought a knockoff, if it was from the Comic Book Shop on Bank.

[Dark Rage]

Originally Posted by dak

if there is some pin sticking out, have you tried yanking it out with some vice grips.

I tried. It's totally jammed. I managed to push it back into the original part of the joint though.

I dunno, I might have warped (bent) the bar slightly or expanded the head after trying to push it out the more difficult direction.

TTT, would WD40 melt the plastic though? Although I suppose there's only one way to find out...

Gonna buy myself some Diet Coke tonight!

[TTT]

Not that I know of ...don't use too much

WD-40 was originally designed to prevent rust on missile heads...

(I did a presentation about it at work a year ago, the yellow thing on the can is supposed to be a missile)

WD = Water Displacement
40 = formula perfected on 40th attempt.

Mexico has a knock off called WB-50

[brr-icy]

this isn't so much a question as an idea, i'm currently repairing my friends boy's broken transformers, some of the ball joints are broken off, i fixed one already by drilling a 1.5mm hole directly in the centre of both pieces and glueing a metal pin of roughly the same size through it with loctite industrial superglue.

[beretta]

I have a G1 Omega Supreme and I was flipping the switch for the walking function when the button just went into the figure. Knocked it loose I guess. Any idea how I'd go about repairing it? Never opened up a transformer before and this Omega is in mint condition. Don't want to open it up and ruin it. Any tips on how to go about it would be appreciated.

[TTT]

^^^ I don't have one so all I can say is don't use any power(ed) tools

[Icetron]

I just noticed the Stealth BB I bought last month has this weird problem in alt-mode. One of the legs don't transform back properly so one of the wheels sticks out lower due to this. Anyone know how I can fix this? I don't really want to go through the hassle of exchanging/returning since this one had the most decent paint job...

[dak]

I think the gears in the leg may be off.

[Icetron]

Is there a way to fix that?