G1 Shockwave skinny leg problem solved??

[Lordy]

Thanks for the pics and info kup. I'll check out my Shockwave on the weekend and report back.


Now for a solution for the cracking rubber

[kup]

Thanks for the pics and info kup. I'll check out my Shockwave on the weekend and report back.


Now for a solution for the cracking rubber

I have a solution and I have fixed it on mine

[bruticus]

Thanks for the pics and info kup. I'll check out my Shockwave on the weekend and report back.

Now for a solution for the cracking rubber

I have a solution and I have fixed it on mine

wow, have you found a way to fix the cracked hose problem?
can you pls share the solution with us?

[kup]

It's actually a simple and straight forward fix but don't expect your hose to look as if just out of the box. It will look better than cracked for sure and look good but not 100% the same depending on the extend of the cracking.

All you need is rubber glue and some black matt paint (mix with a hint of gray for better color matching).

I can't remember what the glue is called exactly so I will need to get home and check it before I write something down.

[dirge]

I bought a junker Shackwave and did a hose transplant. The only "tricky" part is that I wasn't able to feed the wires through the new hose - the LED is too big, so I ended up cutting and resoldering the wires leading to the LED. You can't tell, thankfully.

[kup]

I used Bostik Contact Bond for laminates, wood, leather, rubber, metal and concrete.

1. Bend the hose slightely to open and expose the hose cracks but don't do it too much or you will crack the hose more.

2. Apply the contact bond within each of the exposed cracks and then position the arm so that the hose relaxes making the cracks close (position 'up' as if Transforming him to gun mode).

3. Wait for bond to dry and then apply mat black paint or mixed with a hint of gray for a better color match. Unpainted the glue dries yellow.

4. If the hose is heavily cracked, follow the above steps but instead just applying the bond on the crakcs, coat the surrounding areas.

That's it. My Shockwave has maintained a solid hose since I applied the glue almost 2 years ago.

[bruticus]

dirge - haha, i would have expected a shackwave to have a worse condition hose than a real shockwave.

kup - thanks for sharing. it was interesting to know.

[dirge]

dirge - haha, i would have expected a shackwave to have a worse condition hose than a real shockwave.

Yeah well this one I bought had a hose in fine condition. So yeah, I ran with it

[Geminii]

I find G1 Sandstorm to be the worse when it comes to loose legs, and the worse thing is that because his legs are a single block

Wait, what?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHMk4W8twWA

2:33 in

[GoktimusPrime]

Oops... still, I haven't found a way to keep the loose legs on my Sandstorm extended without falling back in. Guh? This guy rates Sandstorm as the best G1 Triplechanger (even above Blitzwing and Astrotrain?!)? I think he's the weakest. :/