Gyro Horizon

[Green1]

As the general consensus appears to be that I do not know what I'm talking about, and cause more harm than good, I am removing this post so that others are not tricked in to following my ill-advised instructions.

[loki]

I remember that post too about the glycerin, I think someone mentioned in that post too that some people use bay oil and that is much better. I would like to find something a bit thicker than what is in mine now as it wobbles around way too much when it's rough, would make it too difficult and a long wait for it to settle down to read it in an off road situation I think.

[mararmeisto]

Mineral oil for ship's compasses is correct: doesn't cloud too readily, viscous enough to get 'smooth' readings, stable filler (won't corrode metal or paint).

Checked a couple of other sites for comparison, and found corroboration for use of this liquid.

[Green1]

As the general consensus appears to be that I do not know what I'm talking about, and cause more harm than good, I am removing this post so that others are not tricked in to following my ill-advised instructions.

[loki]

I would like to find something a bit thicker than what is in mine now as it wobbles around way too much when it's rough

most likely yours is full of air right now, so most liquids would be better, mineral oil would seem to be correct, but I'll leave the glycerin in mine for now, it certainly beats it being empty!

I don't think they move at all if there is just air in them, not at all sure on that point though, just a guess really.

[Green1]

As the general consensus appears to be that I do not know what I'm talking about, and cause more harm than good, I am removing this post so that others are not tricked in to following my ill-advised instructions.

[Fishtank]

Mine is full of air right now and wobbles like crazy. I don't know if I will refill it with anything since the kids love to watch it when we are going down a rough road, saying "Wooo hooo look at it go!" and "Wow, we almost went upside down!".

The funny factor is there for sure, I'm not sure the practical side out weighs that just yet.

[loki]

I don't think they move at all if there is just air in them, not at all sure on that point though, just a guess really.

mine was just air, and it moved... a LOT! in fact, very much like you describe yours, it was almost unusable while in motion.

yep I was wrong, looking at it closer makes me think it is indeed empty, I will be looking into filling it back up with mineral or bay oil.

[Adrock]

mine had some air in it, then somehow one of the little things that it pivots on broke, so it just sat slightly sideways for a while, i tried to fix it, but it was broken plastic, so i just put a picture of a unicorn in.

[mararmeisto]

I put in a PIRATE!

[Secret_Squirrel]

I have a leak in my wobble ball somewhere, Its made the surround all waterlogged and stuffed the foam. It feels like some kind of really nasty chemical and smells nothing like glycerine or baby oil. I took the surround off it as its a right off. But i guess the ball still has a leak somewhere, Even my ashtray is covered in some wierd oily substance. Repair time