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    Default MP27 Ironhide shoulder ratchet mis-assembly

    Seems there are few people noticing the difference on ironhide and ratchet's shoulder assembly and a user on weibo posted showing ironhide's one is actually mis-assembled

    basically the ratchet shouldn't be showing as follows




    as the original pics for both are the same




    aside from the look it apparently affect the alt mode how the windows tab in (however i can't really tell the diff)





    easy fix tho, simply take apart the shoulder and swap over the left /right the ratchet piece (the part of the bottom left)



    I did mine in about 10min so its pretty quick fix if anyone want to do it


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    We've got a video now of how to do the fix as well:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg3yeUSx5gw

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    Just done mine pretty easy done just be careful that springs don't go flying out

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    Wasn't even aware there was a problem. The video helps clear up what you are actually supposed to do, but it's pretty self explanatory when you get into it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aching878 View Post
    aside from the look it apparently affect the alt mode how the windows tab in (however i can't really tell the diff)
    It's easier to see from this pic:



    The one on the right has the shoulder fix and there's a slightly larger gap in the rectangular window and also the panel just after the vertical door handle -- but at the same time, the gap on the front door is now smaller.

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    well there you go.. oh well i rarely see the alt mode, the fix is well worth it since it makes bot much better

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    TFW user Jarrod has a nice little write-up about the shoulder issue with plenty of pics.

    Seems like they stuffed up the left and right parts on Ironhide a la Ramjet's wings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!! View Post
    We've got a video now of how to do the fix as well:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg3yeUSx5gw
    STOP LOOKING AT MY ASSWHEELS!

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    was this flaw on every ironhide made? cause I don't recall seeing any gaps in the panels when I got mine out of the box.

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    The gaps appear once Ironhide's been "corrected". There's some contention about which one is actually correct as a result. It's weird, after changing my Ironhide, i noticed one side of the car is very well aligned but the other has the slight gap. It's hard to tell where it's coming from cause it's so small, and whether it's the result of design flaw or what.

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