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| | | Author: | PaulOfBricks  | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 06:20 | | Subject: | Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 139 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 06:50 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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The chisel end of a brick separator can be useful to get into tight fitting regions
and gently tease apart before using your fingers. A longer axle is also a useful
tool for pushing out pins. If you have the instructions working backwards can
also help where it is not clear how something was put together. Occasionally
you get sets where it is not obvious which bit to tackle first. Having a small
square of fabric doubled over can also help when needing to pull things off axles
or out of tight spots as it stops them digging into your fingers.
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| | | | | Author: | Chickaroo | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 07:09 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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I work on technic bit by bit usually. Takes me a few days to do.
If I can, I find pushing the axle through a technic beam can help remove the
old bushes, but only if there’s just one on an axle.
I use a piece of fabric or some soft gloves if I think my fingers will get a
bit sore when pulling pieces apart.
I’m just about to dismantle my old backhoe grader and dreading it, old technic
pieces have some serious clutch power!
Roo 
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| | | | | Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 07:45 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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Earn those calluses and broken finger nails like a Lego Pro! Tools? Pah!  
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| | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 07:47 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Send them to me, I’ll do it for you.
I know what you mean.
In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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| | | | | Author: | PaulOfBricks | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 08:06 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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Thanks for the suggestions!
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| | | | | Author: | PaulOfBricks | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 08:08 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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Ow ow ow! Can't do it lol
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| | | | | | | Author: | Chickaroo | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 08:36 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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Ow ow ow! Can't do it lol
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Push through from the underside with a longer technic axle
That should transfer the bush off the pin and on to the axle
Then pull the axle through the hole of a technic brick or liftarm
Roo
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| | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 11:21 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | Ow ow ow! Can't do it lol
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Can't you just pull the tow ball out? The bush should come off on its own.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | PaulOfBricks | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 14:42 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | Ow ow ow! Can't do it lol
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Can't you just pull the tow ball out? The bush should come off on its own.
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I think some of these sets are 30+ years old and never been taken apart since
built and for some reason the bushes are extra extra tight holy moly
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| | | | | | | Author: | tec | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2023 15:25 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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Ow ow ow! Can't do it lol
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Lucky you, the past owner built it wrong. the 4265a should have been upside down,
teeth against teeth, for a deadly challange.
this way you can rotate the pins. if do it first, you gain the first invisible
separation (order of microns really). after a turn they really become softer
so now apply your preferred method to pull... fingernails, brick separator, axle
pushing...
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| | | | | Author: | 1974 | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 11:19 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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Various ways and makeshift tools (made from LEGO parts) are actually shown in
several old instructions
Cheers,
Ole
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| | | | | | | Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 11:45 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, 1974 writes:
| | In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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Various ways and makeshift tools (made from LEGO parts) are actually shown in
several old instructions
Cheers,
Ole
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For example
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | PaulOfBricks | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 14:38 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, hpoort writes:
| | In Off Topic, 1974 writes:
| | In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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Various ways and makeshift tools (made from LEGO parts) are actually shown in
several old instructions
Cheers,
Ole
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For example
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awesome will give that a go when I continue tomorrow!
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| | | | | Author: | ghyde | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 15:57 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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For some really stubborn ones I resorted to two pairs of pliers, and a soft touch
on gripping the parts. That was a long time ago, though. Smooth grip needle nose
pliers worked really well for small LEGO parts that were too stubborn to budge
otherwise.
Worked every time. Now all I need to do is remember to look for pliers imprints
on parts should I ever list them again. I don't think I will list them again,
though!
Cheers ...
ghyde
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| | | | | | | Author: | pcthurman | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2023 01:17 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| | | For some really stubborn ones I resorted to two pairs of pliers, and a soft touch
on gripping the parts. That was a long time ago, though. Smooth grip needle nose
pliers worked really well for small LEGO parts that were too stubborn to budge
otherwise.
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This works great with a piece of cloth and does not leave marks.
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