^i heart u too cj
here's another simple 5-10 minute fix.
i found this guy in a tub at tfcon this year,snapped off leg but the paint is in waaaaay better shape than my original g1 actionmaster overrun.
i've never seen one have his steel crotch t-bar snap off right at the balljoint but if you have one that died like this too,this is how you do a quick and easy fix on him.
notice in the pic,the ball end on the steel crotch/hook literally snapped off,leaving the ball inside the upper thigh.
first off,find a vintage gijoe figure you don't care for.(i have 4 of these,now 3
)
to dissassemble,remove the main screw in both of their backs.this should enable you to easily split the upper torsos into two halves.
repeat the screw removal on the inner legs.this will free up the steel crotch hook.
placing the steel hooks/t-bars side by side,you'll notice that the gijoe one is coupled with a smaller rubber o-ring and the balls on the hook themselves are ever so slightly smaller in their overall diameter.
(overrun's mangled one on the left,the joes on the right.)
to rectify the smaller ball size on the good crotch/t-bar,this is where you can use either electric tape,plumbers teflon tape or vinyl.
don't use masking tape or scotch tape or else the minute he ever gets wet again,these two tapes will melt and leave you with a sticky gooey loose mess.
i chose red vinyl because it's water proof and somewhat matches overruns red base color.(plus,i still have lots left from this years customizing class)
cut your tape/vinyl into 1/8" wide strips about 3 inches long and wrap the balls on the replacement crotch bar taken from the joe,keeping in mind to make it as tight as possible and staying only on the balls.(i know...giggity
)
this will build them up to the same diameter as the broken one that originally came out from the actionmaster.
the yellow shows the difference before and after in the ball diameters.
once done,transfer over the stock bigger rubber o-ring from the broken steel crotch hook to the refurbished one from the gijoe.this ring is bigger for a reason as the distance is slightly longer from crotch to mount post in the tf as opposed to the joes.you can try to use the rubber ring from the joe.it does work but it puts waaay too much tension on the rubber ring itself.keep in mind some of these parts you're salvaging/reusing are 25-30 years old.
reassemble everything the same way you took the actionmaster apart,shove the gijoe parts into a ziplock for future use and sit back and enjoy your fixed bot
"alas....he gave his life for a good cause"...