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News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:33 am

So we have heard about the loose knees already but when I bought mine his legs were loose at the crotch area so I fixed it using a similar method to the knee fix.
These are the tools you need

: tools

these two screws on his butt plate need to be removed

: "butt plate"

Once the screws are out carefully place everything on a smooth surface to keep things in order

: legs and butt plate apart

These two grey pieces inside are what need to be removed and modified

: rear butt plate internal

This is the piece

: grey male ratchet piece

Cut the middle harder section of the q-tip to size

: modified parts

This is what it should look like once the q-tip part is installed to give it more internal support

: fixed ratchet part

Repeat the fix to the other side then reassemble him and boom it works like a charm.

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:12 am

So does it seem to be a bad design on the part, bad materials or both? I can't imagine they molded those rectangular ratchet pieces to be that rounded and asymmetrical. It looks like they sort of warped or melted, which would be weird for a brand new figure unless just assembling the crotch was enough to warp them.

Edit: Also nice Snap On ratcheting screwdriver, I've got one I've been using for 30 years.

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:29 am

TF-fan kev777 wrote:So does it seem to be a bad design on the part, bad materials or both? I can't imagine they molded those rectangular ratchet pieces to be that rounded and asymmetrical. It looks like they sort of warped or melted, which would be weird for a brand new figure unless just assembling the crotch was enough to warp them.

Edit: Also nice Snap On ratcheting screwdriver, I've got one I've been using for 30 years.

The design seems ok it is the ratchet parts. Thanks, I have had that screwdriver since the late 90s.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sun Jul 24, 2022 8:57 pm

I tried the fix on the knee's, and it helped a lot, tried it on the thighs, but it started stripping the ratchet detents, so I abstained. Thanks for the help.

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:15 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:I tried the fix on the knee's, and it helped a lot, tried it on the thighs, but it started stripping the ratchet detents, so I abstained. Thanks for the help.

I am sorry it didn't work for you as you are the only one so far that has reported it not working (a few thousand on reddit loved the fix).

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:36 pm

Cyber Bishop wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:I tried the fix on the knee's, and it helped a lot, tried it on the thighs, but it started stripping the ratchet detents, so I abstained. Thanks for the help.

I am sorry it didn't work for you as you are the only one so far that has reported it not working (a few thousand on reddit loved the fix).

The fix worked great on mine for the Hips.

The knees, are still loose, so will need to go back and rectify that. Probably a slightly thicker q-tip is needed for the knee ratchets.