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 Author: BuildMoreLego View Messages Posted By BuildMoreLego
 Posted: Apr 18, 2021 21:14
 Subject: Straightening Axles
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BuildMoreLego (171)

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Hi - some of my axles are a bit bent and don't flow in and out easily through
an axle checker, like this one - https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-24907/BrickPolis/straight-axle-checker/#details.
This impacts some of the GBCs that require an absolute straight axle.

Any ideas on how I can straighten axles, so I can reuse them for GBCs. I tried
hard water, but that didn't really help.

Thanks much !!
 Author: BuildMoreLego View Messages Posted By BuildMoreLego
 Posted: Apr 18, 2021 21:22
 Subject: Re: Straightening Axles
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That was hot water (not sure if it was hard )

In Suggestions, BuildMoreLego writes:
  Hi - some of my axles are a bit bent and don't flow in and out easily through
an axle checker, like this one - https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-24907/BrickPolis/straight-axle-checker/#details.
This impacts some of the GBCs that require an absolute straight axle.

Any ideas on how I can straighten axles, so I can reuse them for GBCs. I tried
hard water, but that didn't really help.

Thanks much !!
 Author: goldknight View Messages Posted By goldknight
 Posted: Apr 19, 2021 02:58
 Subject: Re: Straightening Axles
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In Suggestions, BuildMoreLego writes:
  Hi - some of my axles are a bit bent and don't flow in and out easily through
an axle checker, like this one - https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-24907/BrickPolis/straight-axle-checker/#details.
This impacts some of the GBCs that require an absolute straight axle.

Any ideas on how I can straighten axles, so I can reuse them for GBCs. I tried
hard water, but that didn't really help.

Thanks much !!

What’s a GBC
 Author: fritsp View Messages Posted By fritsp
 Posted: Apr 19, 2021 03:38
 Subject: Re: Straightening Axles
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In Suggestions, goldknight writes:
  What’s a GBC

Great Ball Contraption
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Apr 19, 2021 04:01
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In Suggestions, BuildMoreLego writes:
  Hi - some of my axles are a bit bent and don't flow in and out easily through
an axle checker, like this one - https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-24907/BrickPolis/straight-axle-checker/#details.
This impacts some of the GBCs that require an absolute straight axle.

Any ideas on how I can straighten axles, so I can reuse them for GBCs. I tried
hard water, but that didn't really help.

Thanks much !!

Any that are deformed will always be a weak spot even if you straighten them
again. Rather than go to the effort of having to dismantle a GBC module when
it fails again in the future, why not just buy new ones and use the bent ones
where tolerance is not so important?
 Author: hpoort View Messages Posted By hpoort
 Posted: Apr 19, 2021 06:43
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In Help, yorbrick writes:
  In Suggestions, BuildMoreLego writes:
  Hi - some of my axles are a bit bent and don't flow in and out easily through
an axle checker, like this one - https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-24907/BrickPolis/straight-axle-checker/#details.
This impacts some of the GBCs that require an absolute straight axle.

Any ideas on how I can straighten axles, so I can reuse them for GBCs. I tried
hard water, but that didn't really help.

Thanks much !!

Any that are deformed will always be a weak spot even if you straighten them
again. Rather than go to the effort of having to dismantle a GBC module when
it fails again in the future, why not just buy new ones and use the bent ones
where tolerance is not so important?

Yes, Bricklink has this great function called 'Buy'. You just click on
the part like
 
Part No: 3708 Name: Technic, Axle 12L
* 		3708 Technic, Axle 12L
Parts: Technic, Axle
, on a shop you like. After a few clicks, pay a few cents
per part and a little more for shipping, and within a few days, the mailman will
deliver you perfectly straight axles in any quantity you like.