I was taking apart this old RC car my nephew broke, and when I pulled the motor out, the plastic gear just crumbled in my hand. Happened last Thursday night around 9pm in my garage. Turns out the previous owner had glued the gear to the shaft instead of replacing it. Had to dremel out the glue and order a brass gear set for $8. Anyone else run into shoddy DIY fixes inside toys?
My kid's 2005 Furby wouldn't shut up about random gibberish, so I ripped the old speaker out and soldered in a piezo buzzer from an old alarm clock, and now it sounds like a haunted toaster, has anyone else tried swapping sound modules on these things to get a reaction out of people?
Read a post from a guy who said he trashes any toy with more than one motor because it's not worth the hassle, but I pulled 3 working DC motors from a broken Buzz Lightyear last Saturday and now I'm wondering if he's just lazy or if I'm wasting time on junk.
Last month I found a beat up RC car at a garage sale for $3. The drive gear had a crack right through the middle. My dad said just put super glue in the crack and let it sit. I did that, waited 2 hours for it to cure, then hit the throttle. The gear snapped clean in half after maybe 8 seconds of driving. Turns out super glue can't handle that kind of torque. I ended up ordering a replacement gear set for $7 online and it took about 20 minutes to swap out. Anyone else got a quick fix that completely failed on a toy?