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Re: [patto] Broken C4:
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wmfork
Jun 12, 2010, 4:26 AM
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patto wrote: wmfork wrote: No, but it is a design issue. The smaller C4s (0.5/0.75 and smaller) all have this weakness. Both of my 0.5s have slightly bent lobes/axles. How is it a design issue!!!? People seem to be suggesting there are issues with the design yet they don't say what!?
The issues I see:
1) head width: aliens have narrower head, and thus the axle does not take as much torquing force as an equivalent sized C4. Wider head also exacerbates the problem when placed in a shallow crack as it requires more depth to rotate/orient.
2) single vs dual axle, the latter has thinner axles, does not have the cam lobes completely wrapped around the axle, and is possibly more susceptible to axle bending/lobe warping
3) stem flexibility: stems on WC Zeros are flexible all the way to the axle (unique to all single stem cams in the smaller sizes), therefore having a much shorter lever to generate torquing force, the C4s, on the other hand, from size 1 (red) down, has stem that's rigid about 1 inch from the axle.
So call it design issue or weakness, fact is, there are other types of cams that could've handle the fall in the same placement better (at least in the sense of not rendering the cam inoperable).
(This post was edited by wmfork on Jun 12, 2010, 5:22 AM)
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