Bob the Pleo Forums

Pleo Stuff => Pleo Archives => Archive -- Technical common => Topic started by: eric on May 19, 2009, 04:23:01 PM

Title: anyone fix the neck problem?
Post by: eric on May 19, 2009, 04:23:01 PM: My pleo has DNS (Droopy Head Syndrome)

Has anyone successfully fix their pleos neck?
Title: Re: anyone fix the neck problem?
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on May 19, 2009, 06:10:02 PM: Someone did post instructions on how to do it on the Pleo world forums, I'm not sure if anyone here still has that info though :o Try googling it perhaps?
Title: Re: anyone fix the neck problem?
Post by: mweed on May 19, 2009, 08:18:35 PM: It was a surgeon somewhere in the EU. He had detailed instructions and pictures. I wish we could find it!
Title: Re: anyone fix the neck problem?
Post by: Nafcom on June 12, 2009, 03:12:55 AM: Has Anybody found it so far? Thanks in advance!
Title: Re: anyone fix the neck problem?
Post by: eric on July 29, 2009, 08:07:38 AM: well i became Dr eric recently and opened up pleo (still have to reseal the skin with locate glue)

Outcome was the very small thin wire that moves my pleo's neck up and down broke iv opened the motor box and even tried to mend the wires back no luck! what i did to fix the dns was tie the wire around a screw! my pleo now can move his head left to right but not up and down!

WARNING IF YOU TRY THIS DONT CUT DEEP INTO PLEO,
CUT INTO HIM WITH THE BLADE AIMING LEFT (TOWARDS THE HEAD) THEIR IS A SMALL OVERLAP WHERE THE GLUE RESTS TO STICK THE BODY TO THE HEAD.
Title: Re: anyone fix the neck problem?
Post by: ScribbleMonkey on July 29, 2009, 06:41:34 PM: I've been contemplating for awhile now a way to mend the cables without completely replacing them.

Out of curiosity where was the break in the cable on your Pleo?

I'm guessing most breaks occur on the top near the base of the neck (where the most stress is. but thats just a guess. the Pleo I dissected didn't have a broken neck.

A full replacement requires some pretty invasive surgery.
Here is a pic of the neck assembly
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/monkeychacha/DSCF0105.jpg)

Heres the up-down tail assembly.. um.. disassembled

(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/monkeychacha/DSCF0113.jpg)
Title: Re: anyone fix the neck problem?
Post by: Burberry016 on July 29, 2009, 06:46:50 PM: And YOU did this? If you did are you a prefetional surgeon?
Title: Re: anyone fix the neck problem?
Post by: Pleo Power on July 29, 2009, 07:03:50 PM: :o where did you get a Pleo to dissect? ??? (sorry had to ask. ;))

Quote
are you a prefetional surgeon?
not sure about eric and ScribbleMonkey but I'm not.(althow I think I might have accidentally acquired the unofficial title of Pleo vet, because I've helped so many troubled Pleos. ;))
Title: Re: anyone fix the neck problem?
Post by: Burberry016 on July 29, 2009, 09:00:13 PM: Aww, you must be proud!
Title: Re: anyone fix the neck problem?
Post by: Pleo Power on July 30, 2009, 05:24:44 PM: yes, well I guess so. ;D I'm just trying to help the Pleos that need it. :)
Title: Re: anyone fix the neck problem?
Post by: eric on August 03, 2009, 04:51:12 AM: yes , the wire broke where it bends at the top.

just snapped it seems, if you want the new neck piece as you have opened up more of the head/neck than i did
contact Jetta for parts. They maybe able to help you