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Posted by: bandjoey Jul 29 2014, 10:58 AM

First this is Not. A Knock on the product. I like how it works and I knew up front it's new technology. Just want to know is it just mine or is there a pattern.

Flying down the road at 70 mph and suddenly the motor noise level picked up a notch. The car ran great. Just louder??? Pulled off at the next exit and saw the Engine Lid kicked out on one side ready to pop off the car.

The plastic hold down broke. So. Asking is it just this one or have others broken into? Still considering ordering another so let me know.

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Posted by: JRust Jul 29 2014, 11:01 AM

That pic alone makes me think that plastic isn't going on my lid. The idea is good but maybe getting some machined out of Billet

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jul 29 2014, 11:03 AM

I had a set of those. After a close look, decided not to use them. I think they were made on a 3D printer.

Posted by: 02loftsmoor Jul 29 2014, 11:08 AM

Bill where did you buy them?

Posted by: michael7810 Jul 29 2014, 11:37 AM

QUOTE(Elliot Cannon @ Jul 29 2014, 10:03 AM)

I had a set of those. After a close look, decided not to use them. I think they were made on a 3D printer.

Same here. Bought them on a group buy here.

Posted by: bandjoey Jul 29 2014, 11:43 AM

They're on our vendor thread. They are 3d printed. The idea is super. Flip the lever and pop off the lid. Just not while driving.

Posted by: Drums66 Jul 29 2014, 12:00 PM

.....Large margin for "error"

Posted by: jsaum Jul 29 2014, 12:16 PM

I do plastic injection molding for a living and the 3D printed parts are good for some applications but I wouldn't use them where they have a constant load. It looks like the part that broke is a dowel pin that pivots. Plastic has compression and tensile strength properties and once those limits are exceeded it breaks. Most of the printers use a basic ABS material that is 60% strength of normal molded parts. You could try a metal dowel pin but I think the next weak point will fail.

Posted by: Mblizzard Jul 29 2014, 02:24 PM

QUOTE(bandjoey @ Jul 29 2014, 08:58 AM)

First this is Not. A Knock on the product. I like how it works and I knew up front it's new technology. Just want to know is it just mine or is there a pattern.

Flying down the road at 70 mph and suddenly the motor noise level picked up a notch. The car ran great. Just louder??? Pulled off at the next exit and saw the Engine Lid kicked out on one side ready to pop off the car.

The plastic hold down broke. So. Asking is it just this one or have others broken into? Still considering ordering another so let me know.

That was the first generation. Just contact Love3D and he will snd you the next generation pin for free!

Posted by: Love-3d Jul 29 2014, 04:56 PM

QUOTE(Mblizzard @ Jul 29 2014, 02:24 PM)

QUOTE(bandjoey @ Jul 29 2014, 08:58 AM)

First this is Not. A Knock on the product. I like how it works and I knew up front it's new technology. Just want to know is it just mine or is there a pattern.

Flying down the road at 70 mph and suddenly the motor noise level picked up a notch. The car ran great. Just louder??? Pulled off at the next exit and saw the Engine Lid kicked out on one side ready to pop off the car.

The plastic hold down broke. So. Asking is it just this one or have others broken into? Still considering ordering another so let me know.

That was the first generation. Just contact Love3D and he will snd you the next generation pin for free!

The way to tell if you have the first generation is to hold the pin up to a light with the flat side facing you... If you can see a honeycomb internal internal stucture, you likely have one of first sets. If you send your address to sales@love-3d.net and indicate that you had a failure & remind me of the color, I'll send you a new set of pins at no cost.

The new pins were tested and should not be torqued to more than 60 inch pounds. This should provide a firm closure without failing

Posted by: ldsgeek Jul 30 2014, 11:02 AM

I work on 3D printers and that doesn't even look like the ABS that the Dimension printers use. It looks more like the materials that are used in the MakerBot series, which are much weaker and have a lower heat tolerance. There are FDM materials (fused deposition modeling) which are strong enough for that task (polycarb, nylon, Ultem), but the printers that use those materials start at about $90K and go up to almost half a million. In my opinion, that pin is far to small for FDM, with the hole in the middle taking about 1/2 the diameter.

Posted by: rmital Nov 1 2015, 07:21 AM

I bought these levers a while ago.
Doing much more work on my project car these days, would love to install them to make it easier to remove the engine lid.
since this thread was started, has there been any more failures??
not sure what generation I have, don't see anything when holding the pin up to the light. just solid material.

Posted by: siverson Nov 1 2015, 08:12 AM

I'm confused... where does that part go?

-Steve

Posted by: rhodyguy Nov 1 2015, 08:13 AM

I don't quite understand the difficulty in removing the cover. Simply slotting the hinge allows the lid to pull away after backing the 2 retaining bolts off a couple of turns. Re-installing is a simple one person task also.

Posted by: RobW Nov 1 2015, 08:33 AM

QUOTE(siverson @ Nov 1 2015, 07:12 AM)

I'm confused... where does that part go?

-Steve

You know... on the car.

Actually,

Posted by: PanelBilly Nov 1 2015, 10:28 AM

Mine broke too. I just used the original bolt and nut.

Posted by: r_towle Nov 1 2015, 11:22 AM

QUOTE(rhodyguy @ Nov 1 2015, 09:13 AM)