Bionicle Shadow Leech part size?

[Hrafn]

Just a quick question - is the diameter of the spherical core of the Shadow Leech part the same as the technic ball joint, i.e. 10.2 mm?

Thanks!

[Aanchir]

Honestly, I don't know. Since it's extremely soft and rubbery, it'd be hard to measure even if I got out a pair of digital calipers. Visually, it looks the same size, and I know people have used them in place of ball joints on some MOCs, although since they're rubbery and easy to compress they could still function that way even if they were slightly larger.

[Hrafn]

Honestly, I don't know. Since it's extremely soft and rubbery, it'd be hard to measure even if I got out a pair of digital calipers. Visually, it looks the same size, and I know people have used them in place of ball joints on some MOCs, although since they're rubbery and easy to compress they could still function that way even if they were slightly larger.

Thank you! As long as it's approximately the same size as the ball joints, it should work for what I want to do.

[Brickthing]

Out of interest, what are you planning on doing?

From memory the shadow leech semi-operates as a ball joint when placed in a socket. The rubber nature creates a springy but technically posable connection, although it's relatively weak so it works best when holding small details rather than being a structural connection.

Otherwise is you question answered? If so, I'll go ahead and lock this topic.

[Hrafn]

Out of interest, what are you planning on doing?

From memory the shadow leech semi-operates as a ball joint when placed in a socket. The rubber nature creates a springy but technically posable connection, although it's relatively weak so it works best when holding small details rather than being a structural connection.

Otherwise is you question answered? If so, I'll go ahead and lock this topic.

It does answer my question, thank you. I'm not planning on using it for a structural connection; instead I want to use it to create friction between two other parts. The full details are in my continuously variable transmission thread, if you are interested; I'd be using the leech to replace the ball joints in that construction. I will probably have to modify the leech by cutting off the parts that protrude from the sphere, though.

Thanks again!

[Chro]

Nick's right, it can be used as a balljoint... but to rotate it, it's much easier (and safer, to avoid messing up the parts) to just remove and replace the connection, instead of just moving it around as you would with a normal balljoint.