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Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:44 am
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| Slicer wrote: | (Warning: Incoming geekery!)
I want to pump that magnet up. . .
Think it's worth a shot, ME? |
If the other components also have some head-room and there's no current limiting feature built in, it might run brighter for a while, but could start to make interesting burning smells and maybe some smoke. 
There's an idea: wheels with a built in smoke-machine LOL - well we already got the disco lights eh? 
But yeah, probably not worth the trouble unless you have spare pairs. It's the same with everything you soup-up - car engines, computers etc - if you run the same components on higher power, you might shorten the component life. The brightest flame really does burn quickest, at least it usually does when it comes to electronics and mechanics.
| Slicer wrote: | | (The thing I dread the most is taking those fiddly little C-clips off and on.) |
Yeah, the C-clips might be accidentally bent if you're not careful, fortunately they're pretty easy to bend back, and interchangeable with other Heelys Mega C-clips, so you can nick some off your Ninja's or whatever if you break one. The way to take them off without damage is to only open them a little bit with the c-clip pliers and wiggle them to see if it's far enough to slide them over the axle, and if not, open just a little more, and give it another wiggle... if you do accidentally open them too far and bend them, carefully use standard grips or a vice to bend them back, although they probably will not be as tight as before if they're opened too much.
In the case of megawatts, unless I cut my own axle with the additional points for mounting the magnet, I can't replace it with a coin axle in this instance as I usually would, but here's a little tip:
I sometimes fix loose c-clip wheels by adding a thin M8 washer of the right thickness behind one of the c-clips, to hold them tight to the bearings and prevent them from making the dreaded axle clicking noises. If you get the washer thickness right it doesn't slow the wheel, and this way you have axles that never come undone. |
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Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:40 pm
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I have a new gripe.
THE LIGHT-UP PART NO LONGER WORKS on one!
I spin it and all I hear is this clicking sound like there's an electric short (there was before, but it still lit up) and the light-up part just sits there. Other one works fine, no clickly clicky.
And I've worn them outside maybe... oh... twice? Three times?
I can has quality control plz?
If Heelys wants it, I'm going to send this thing to them on Monday. |
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Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:12 pm
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Team Heelys - Northeast
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Made .. in .. China.
(I'm made in Taiwan .. which is completely different). |
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[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *looks at Merlyn's finger frenzy score*
[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *face screws up in a combination of amazement and a sort of horror*
[Fri 12:06] IVI4V3R1CK: hey Merlyn, if you don't mind me asking, whys your name yellow?
[Fri 12:07] merlyn_DHC: Because I'm Chinese
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: (isn't that obvious) ?
[Fri 12:08] IVI4V3R1CK: o.o... thats kinda wrong
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: HAHAHA
David: Hey RU there ?
H33LYcRaZeD: yeah
David: How things ?
H33LYcRaZeD: thongs arte good
Big Mac: to go to camp quality to give lessons and give away hoes |
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Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:23 pm
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| I thought they were made in Korea with the rest of the shoe? |
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Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:06 am
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| Slicer wrote: | | If Heelys wants it, I'm going to send this thing to them on Monday. |
we'll take it! |
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Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:47 am
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| Hmm Slice .. you might be right. Not sure about the new wheel. But the other wheels came out of China. |
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[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *looks at Merlyn's finger frenzy score*
[Wed 7:53] Slicer: *face screws up in a combination of amazement and a sort of horror*
[Fri 12:06] IVI4V3R1CK: hey Merlyn, if you don't mind me asking, whys your name yellow?
[Fri 12:07] merlyn_DHC: Because I'm Chinese
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: (isn't that obvious) ?
[Fri 12:08] IVI4V3R1CK: o.o... thats kinda wrong
[Fri 12:08] merlyn_DHC: HAHAHA
David: Hey RU there ?
H33LYcRaZeD: yeah
David: How things ?
H33LYcRaZeD: thongs arte good
Big Mac: to go to camp quality to give lessons and give away hoes |
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Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:16 pm
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| All the new Heelys are now made in China exclusively. |
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Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:45 am
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Well, after getting my replacement MWs in a brown envelope, I can say with a good deal of certainty that there's no current packaging to sell them separately.
(Since I sent one broken one to get two back, I now have a spare. I hope I won't need it...)
I can say that they fulfill their real intended purpose: chalk up 1x "WOAH" from a kid at the laundromat. |
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a finger on the monkey's paw curls: we get them, and they're hideous |
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Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:50 am
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Exactly what the heck did they have to do to get this pic? Did they just tell him to put his feet up, spun up his wheels, and then quickly yanked their hands out of the frame before they took the picture? Brand new, they stay spinning less than a second, depending on how fast you can move your hands.
By the way, that's Heelys' NEW new CEO, Tom Hansen. |
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Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:41 pm
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Heelys Encyclopedia
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I WAS THERE WHEN THEY TOOK THAT
and slice, it's all editing. They probably used lightsource on photoshop and cut tom out then upped the contrast on everything. I mean look at the shoes in the background and how like not real they look. Those are the actually shoes on the heelys wall though.
btw, tom is pretty darn cool. |
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