Teddy Babe shoulder problems
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Teddy Babe shoulder problems
Needless to say this has been causing me a bit of anxiety. Hopefully someone can offer some thoughts on this.
*2016 standard Lisa model*
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Re: Teddy Babe shoulder problems
they spread it open after inserting through both discs.
several members of the UK site have replaced the pin with a stainless steel eye bolt and lock nut, but that requires opening the back and arm to do it.
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Re: Teddy Babe shoulder problems
Or at least I hope so. I have only seen one incidence of an arm becoming detached from a Teddy Babe so I can only assume that it doesn't happen very often. The one that I saw was a Babe listed in the sales section a few years ago. I will place a link to the sales thread if I can find it. At any rate I would hate for something like that to happen to my sweetie.
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Re: Teddy Babe shoulder problems
https://www.dollforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=99195
Apparently she didn't have any problem finding a new home despite her injury. Which is understandable as she certainly is a cutie.
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Re: Teddy Babe shoulder problems
Is this looseness happening in both shoulders?
Is it a case of the discs separating from each other (like in the sales post example), or just an overall feeling of flimsiness or looseness in the shoulder area?
At any rate, like you said, this condition is quite rare. For example, my own Teddy Babe is from 2008, and although she's certainly much looser-jointed by now, all her shoulder discs are still snug together. I can't say for sure, but the joint structure may have changed in the newer-generations of TBs.
Still, if worse comes to worst, there is at least one qualified Teddy Babe "surgeon" we can consult about it. He's in the UK, but he's really good.
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While there is a visible gap in the shoulder joint in the below picture, the gap is almost twice as wide now.
Hopefully that is just normal wear and it won't get any worse.
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Re: Teddy Babe shoulder problems
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I tried to do a search before starting this thread but the forum's search function can be hit or miss with the results.
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For the other half, the arm joints are very stiff, reasonable torque will not turn the arms. I am not going to force them; I am a chicken.
I copied Karrot's Diagram of the shoulder here for you. Front view of the left shoulder.
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Re: Teddy Babe shoulder problems
I actually like that the arms rotate like they do. I just wish they were held in place a bit more securely.
The arms on my other Babe Michelle, a 2006 model, don't rotate at all. On close inspection it appears that the discs in both shoulders are pressed tightly together and the only way that her arms can be raised up is by by lifting them up which sort of twists the fabric. Since she isn't as tightly packed as Lexy, it doesn't seem to cause any trouble. I have no idea what's going on with that. My only guess is that whoever had her before me must have did some sort of shoulder modification that locked the discs together.
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I also couldn't deal with cutting into her either.
I know it's something that might have to be done someday but damn!
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Re: Teddy Babe shoulder problems
Best bet to fix it permanently is minor surgery (you need to be able to do a passable ladder stitch) and replace the pin with an M8 Stainless Steel eye-bolt, a Nyloc nut, and a couple of large washers. the Arm "Skeleton" wire can be ziptied to the eye on the bolt, and then set the tension on the nut so that that arm moves easily, but with little to no play.
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