Well it’s now going on three seasons and we’re starting to see deterioration in some of the plastic slides. They are starting to go and not be as tight in the screws. The metal slides are holding their shape much better than the old style linear slides which bent in a bit easily.
Anyway, self tapping into plastic only lasts so long it seems. Would like a slightly cheaper alternative to buying a whiole new linear slide kit.
Can we get the plastic sliders sold separately? Don;t care if both inside and outsides are sold together. Interior sliders seem to be more popular though.
The inside one is not conducisve to that (see below). You’d poke out where there is just a small bit of plastic. That is an idea for the outside ones. I am unsure of our hand drill precision on such a move though. But if it is semi-useless being a bit stripped, why not try it?
(sorry for the mega-sized picture, it’s the one on the Vex part page)
We aren’t allowed to use any sort of glue or anything on competition robots. If we could use Locktite, I’d be so happy. It would stop me from having to tighten screws all the time.
