General Part Discussion

[lcvisser]

Does this part exists in a friction-less variant? Maybe with axle ends instead of pins? Or something similar?

[Victor Imaginator]

Not yet, but friction can be reduced with these parts

At least it's best solution that i've seen.

Bracing with single half beams should work too.

Edited February 15, 2016 by Victor Imaginator

[Zerobricks]

Whats the application for? These parts also tend to make a good alternative:

[lcvisser]

I need to pivot an axle between two beams, like in a steering assembly. This part would do the trick if it was only 2 studs instead of 3:

I might try Victor's suggestion of clamping it between half-beams instead of regular beams, but other suggestions are welcome

[Epic Technic]

Hi, I'm away from my LEGO, and I'm building something in LDD right now. I was wondering if someone could tell me the length of an L Motor's wire?

[allanp]

About 20cm.

[syclone]

Hi, I'm away from my LEGO, and I'm building something in LDD right now. I was wondering if someone could tell me the length of an L Motor's wire?

I believe all the motors come with cables of same length. The m-motor's one is 20 cm long

Edit: Oops, too late

Edited February 15, 2016 by LXF

[Epic Technic]

About 20cm.

I believe all the motors come with cables of same length. The m-motor's one is 20 cm long

Edit: Oops, too late

Thanks guys.

[roppie11]

I need to pivot an axle between two beams, like in a steering assembly. This part would do the trick if it was only 2 studs instead of 3:

I might try Victor's suggestion of clamping it between half-beams instead of regular beams, but other suggestions are welcome

efferman has this part:with axles instead of pins on shapeways

http://www.shapeways.com/product/7GRH3F2BF/pinhole-with-two-axles?li=search-results-1&optionId=43220123

it is available in white black and grey.

[JJ2]

I just found this and am I going crazy or did Lego lower their LED price for ~$15 to ~$7? http://shop.lego.com/en-US/LEGO-Power-Functions-Light-8870 I could have sworn it was about 2x as much about 1 month ago... Maybe Brickstuff is taking away all of their sales

[Pego]

Could someone with these tell me if they fit together and don´t slip?

(Narrower rim)

[JJ2]

They work fine, they slip a little but not that much, at least for me.

[Pego]

Great! Thanks!

[zux]

I just found this and am I going crazy or did Lego lower their LED price for ~$15 to ~$7? http://shop.lego.com...ions-Light-8870 I could have sworn it was about 2x as much about 1 month ago... Maybe Brickstuff is taking away all of their sales

£5.49 / $6.49 / 7.49€ @ Brickset

[JJ2]

£5.49 / $6.49 / 7.49€ @ Brickset

I guess I an crazy then

[Gnac]

These shock absorbers are blowin' my mind. Are they really supposed to click when fully compressed, then rebound with a different amount of travel? I've been sitting here for about a minute toggling between the two lengths, twisting the adjustment collar, wondering if I'm going to need an external assembly to stop them from "bottoming out". Edited March 2, 2016 by Gnac

[zweihander]

They are meant to do that, their feature is to be adjustable in length

[syclone]

That is not a very good function - everytime my outdoor challenger jumps that shock becomes fully compressed and I must stop the car :(

[nicjasno]

I disasembled them and put a washer on the bottom, to disable that fiunction.

[Gnac]

Heh, thanks folks. That does seem like a function that looks good on paper, but seems to be quite frustrating in practice. I already considered dismantling one to see if I could disable the function inside the grey mystery thing at the top, but I may end up following nicjasno's suggestion.

[Blakbird]

These shock absorbers are blowin' my mind. Are they really supposed to click when fully compressed, then rebound with a different amount of travel? I've been sitting here for about a minute toggling between the two lengths, twisting the adjustment collar, wondering if I'm going to need an external assembly to stop them from "bottoming out".

Not sure what you are talking about. I have several of these and there is no "click" function. They simply have two spring preload values. You can toggle between the two by twisting the ring. Have I missed something all these years?

[Gnac]

When I fully compress the spring, something engages at the top of the stanchion which makes it rebound at a different length. The position of the ring appears to have no ability to prevent it from happening. Maybe I have a dud?

[nicjasno]

The mechanism is the same as in a click pen.

[Gnac]

Maybe I have a dud?

The mechanism is the same as in a click pen.

Yah, I got a second 8420 in the post this morning, and the shock does the same thing as the one I already had, not that I doubted you lovely people.

Ugh, what a useless difficult feature to integrate.

[SNIPE]

I just noticed this part in lego digital designer.

Could the small ends possibly fit into a pin hole?

If so this could be a really useful part as an inverted one of these:

Except the small ends are only half a pin long so you can stack them together to create complex connections such as this:

Another good part for having different height steering arms and for using as engine conrods:

Regards, Snipe

Edited March 15, 2016 by SNIPE