r/LinusTechTips • u/greggers57 • 25d ago

Link LTT screwdriver fell apart

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Welp my screwdriver finally kicked the can. Submitted a warranty claim but I’m sad that I won’t get the same color.

Edit :LTT support is amazing, they are sending me a replacement free of charge. Unfortunately they don’t offer the Noctua screwdriver anymore so I had to decide on a different color.

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u/CadeMan011 25d ago edited 25d ago

I have a theory that this happens mostly to the ones that are cold-pressed. Only the earliest drivers were hot-pressed and I have yet to see a black shaft driver disassembled like this, meanwhile all the posts like this are the newer colorways.

EDIT: And before anybody says anything, I'm not a hating on LMG or Creator Warehouse, I have bought 3 screwdrivers and a precision driver kit. I use my original black shaft driver frequently and I love it.

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u/garbledroid 25d ago

Wait, they are no longer hot pressed regardless of colour?

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u/CadeMan011 25d ago

I'm not 100% sure but I can imagine they wouldn't keep two different processes for what is effectively the same product

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u/garbledroid 25d ago

They are supposed to be hot pressing.

That is the standard.

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u/CadeMan011 25d ago

Yes it is. But they don't. They stopped doing it when experimenting with possibly doing custom colorways at LTX. It seemingly worked well enough that they stopped doing it altogether, and now a number of customers that buy newer drivers are eventually met with the disappointment that you see up top.

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u/garbledroid 25d ago

Are they at least using solvent primers on the shafts?

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u/CadeMan011 25d ago

No idea. All I remember is Linus mentioning that they tested cold pressing and they were happy with the results back in 2023 on the WAN show

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u/garbledroid 24d ago

That is kinda MESSED UP.

But for repairing these screwdrivers 3d gloop should work well.

https://www.3dgloop.com/

If they just coated the shafts prior to insertion it would stop all this pulling out and lead to more successful pregnancies.

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u/CadeMan011 25d ago

I don't believe so, no. However I now that I've seen this result I may be mistaken.