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I have been tinkering with the ball factory for over a year now. My biggest issue was always with Bob and the ball loader. After seeing Ankoku's mods as well as his detail photos of the bucker shifter, My ball factory has been much improved. I was still having a lot of friction in the ball loader until I add these mods. Now the ball loaders is very smooth. I add a 1x3 liftarm in between the two Axle and Pin Connector Perpendicular Triple and it seems that the loader doesn't bind to the axles anymore and it is very smooth. IMG_3936Green by bmwe36m3, on Flickr IMG_7832 by bmwe36m3, on Flickr I also added some additional bracing to the back of the ball loader. I added two additional Technic, Brick 1 x 2 with Hole and a 1/2 bush to the bottom axle. I also change the axle 3L to 4L and added 2 Axle and Pin Connector Angled #1 and then a 6L axle perpendicular to try to brace the 12T and 40T gear as perpendicular as possible. IMG_7979 by bmwe36m3, on Flickr IMG_7977 by bmwe36m3, on Flickr IMG_7978 by bmwe36m3, on Flickr

That makes sesnse. Didn't think about the force being the same direction as the connectors. Will just get the 32 axle just to be the safe. Thanks

To Blackbird or anyone else who have build the ball factory. How important is it to have the 32 Axle on pg 88 on the instruction? Would it work if I used 2 10 axles and 1 12 axle and axle connectors? Thanks

Thanks guys. I build my fair share of technic before and never seen that before. I thought I was crazy as for the life of me I can't see what that is for. Funny thing is I skip 42043 as I had the Unimog and 9398 as I built Nico71's trail jeep and didn't see the need for the crawler. Saberwing40k you might be right as I think the instructions and call outs are definitely more thoroughly explained. Also, I thought it was interesting that they pretty much show the step for the left side and the right side separately even if they were identical, especially on the body panels as both sides were the exact mirror images. Oh well, i guess we will see what the bucket wheel excavator brings us.

Hi everyone, long time lurker, first time poster. Just finished rebuilding the car incorporating the mods by Blackbird, Jetro, Supertechnicman, and attika. Those four mods require minimal additional parts but has make it a much better car now. Its amazing how you guys have mod it in around 48 hours the major problems of the car. I have a question. At the end I have a few extra of the DBG 1L round pin connector (part number 18654), wanted to confirm if I somehow miss something. Also, speaking of that, can anyone tell me what is the purpose/function of the parts in the red circle in my pic? Its step 237 on page 173 Thanks?

Thanks for all the replies. My unimog did have the old 16t gear with teeth, so i was worried about a defective pump. I did the test davidmull posted and it passed. And it only falls when the compressor is off for awhile. So I guess it's normal. Thanks again

Hi everyone, a neewbie here. Does anyone have problems with the crane attachment where it falls down after being left alone for some time? Thanks