TUTORIAL: Tightening Loose ArtiBabs Knees

ArtiBabs' knee joints often become loose as they age. What follows is a trick to tighten them. [Caution: try at your own risk; no method is 100% foolproof.]

Materials you will need:
A #6 nylon flat washer,
Needle-nose pliers,
Wire cutters,
A flat-head screwdriver (helps)

#6 Nylon Flat Washer Shown

Using the wire cutters, cut a triangular piece out of the washer to form a C-clip.

Using the pliers, press the cut section of the washer hard.

Place the C-clip jaws-first into the gap in her knee. (I used the medial gap.) Using the pliers & screwdriver, press the clip until it snaps around the knee's axle, inside.

Knee Fully Extended

Knee Partially Lowered

(Would this be considered Rockette science...?)