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Loose joints fixable?

Yep
Do you have to become a surgeon as well as a mechanic? Also yep

Details? as i am both

Type of doll, Silicone or TPE?
Which joints?
Are they ball joints?

Hi !
Yes , you have to be a surgeon and a mechanic . My problem is that joints make an awful noise , they sound like Dracula's castle's door . I do not want to open the doll to use some WD-40 so, I will continue with that creeping sound . Beerssss

Tight joints can gradually wear and become a bit looser, although there have been instances of joints completely locking up

Bianca, tpe legs and knees

Here are videos that show how to do it.

This is only a reference of the work to be done as the type of bolt / nut may be different on your doll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Pp7eAGy-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKQ2Y9j8F5E&t=31s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3n6Ye9os6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6gwKRh6sTw

Cheers!

Love the glue repair

So Bianca is the same frame? any ideas on allen key size?
Any pics of the frame without tpe?

silverman5000 wrote:So Bianca is the same frame? any ideas on allen key size?
Any pics of the frame without tpe?

Here are a bunch of different doll skeletons.
viewtopic.php?f=87&t=131075

Any help isolating the skeleton of ufdoll Bianca?

seagull wrote:Tight joints can gradually wear and become a bit looser, although there have been instances of joints completely locking up

hi ,maybe the nut has lost its welding and it is moving with the leg instead of being quietly there, If it happens , I will take some cans of beer and mend the doll ,again Doc dollestein will appear . beersss