Suggestions for Cyborg Joint Friction

[gothmog1065]

Getting my replacement joints for my cyborg since I've broken one, and the others are loose. I'm thinking a thin rubber or something similar that can increase the friction between the ball and the bracket to make it so it actually takes more force to 'move' the fingers than normal with less tension on the screws. I was looking at putting in a 'lock screw' deal, but A> Not easy to install or insert, and B> I'd rather not cause any more stress on the joints or create weaknesses due to their inherent fragility.

 

[mikea]

I am looking for a solution for this as well. I'm having a issue with my new Azeron Cyborg 2. I think I will first try to clean all the joints with rubbing alcohol to get off any grease or residue that may be left over from manufacturing. Then I may hit just a little with a very rough sandpaper just to scuff it up on both the ball joint and the tower. Hopefully this will create the friction needed. May even sand a smidge off the foot of the area that holds the nut to tighten the ball joint so I can make it clamp a little tighter. If this does not work then it's back to the drawing board.


UPDATE:
Cleaning and scuffing helped very little. However, while scuffing I decided to try something else. I cut a strip ( 3cm x .5cm approximately) of the 100 grit sand paper, Used a sharpie to cover both sides to make it black to blend with my ball joint. I made a small loop out of it and placed it inside the "joint" then pushed it back on the ball joint. As of now this has worked amazing. Not only did it create the fiction to keep the buttons from moving around at all, it made setting up all the buttons a breeze as they move a little then stay in place when the screw is loosened just long enough to tighten them down.