Problem With My New Toddler!

Jimmio

The ball joints are constantly falling off. It takes a step, they pop off, it falters to the ground. Can someone help me out here? Chewing gum worked well til it hardened.

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Steve Joblin

I would call Parallax Customer Service... the design and operation of the Toddler is very good and solid... Are you sure it is assembled correctly? If you indeed have everything assembled correctly, Parallax will stand behind thier product and provide the replacement parts you need (at least that is my experience!).

Chris Savage

Sounds like possibly tight leg joints, making it hard for the servo to move them.

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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support
csavage@parallax.com

LoopyByteloose

I have had mine for a couple of years and never had that problem. As Chris suggests, it may be that you have some or all the joints not moving freely. If you have pushed the legs tightly against the housing, that is too tight. Also, make sure the feet are easily swinging.

If you did make the legs too tight, something has to pop loose and the ball joints would be most likely to do so.

I don't think it will damage anything.

The first time I assembled my Toddler it only walked backwards, but that is another story. If you have that problem -- just switch the servo connections or change the servo pins in the software.

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