Answers.Body: <p>After scanning the relevant Technic part subcategories (plain Technic, Connector, Gear, Disk, Figure Accessory, Liftarm, Panel, Plate, Steering) on Bricklink, I'd say there is at most one such part besides your example and its various stickered versions:</p>
  <p><a href="https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=32009#T=C" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Technic, Liftarm, Modified Bent Thick 1 x 11.5 Double</a></p>
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  <p>But the length of the slot is ... probably less than what you need.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Yeah that came to mind, but it's unfortunately definitely not a useable length of slot.
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Answers.Body: <p>I can only think of <a href="https://rebrickable.com/parts/67491/technic-beam-frame-3-x-19-with-2-center-cross-beams-3-openings-thick/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Technic Beam Frame 3 x 19 with 2 Center Cross Beams, 3 Openings Thick</a> being similar shape, with 3 elongated openings.</p>
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Answers.Text: Unfortunately those are just full brick-width openings, not pinhole-width which is the specific feature I'm looking for.  It looks like there probably just aren't any other occurrences of that feature.
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Answers.Text: @PGmath you can put two half bushing onto your axle/pin to keep it aligned
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Answers.Text: Bushings are just like liftarms in that their diameter is slightly less than a stud unit, so there is slop when trying to slide inbetween liftarms.
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Body: <p>I haven't kept up with new parts or sets for at least a decade, but recently when browsing BrickLink I ran into part <a href="https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=18940" rel="nofollow noreferrer">18940</a>:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/J9jO0.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/J9jO0.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>This caught my attention as I'm working on a MOC project right now where a major sticking point has been reducing off-axis slop in sliding motion. This is a very nontrivial problem in Technic builds because liftarms are ever so slightly thinner than a stud gap. The above piece caught my eye because it employs elongated pin-hole slots (see below) to solve this problem which results in a relatively rigid sliding connection that introduces impressively little friction.</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/KnEX5.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KnEX5.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>However, these pieces have several other drawbacks, with half-stud-wide walls that create awkward spacing, and generally a lot of bulkiness that's difficult to build around just to take advantage of the pin slots. So I would like to know: are there any other pieces I am unaware of that feature a pinhole-slot like this?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I would think if the element you have in mind existed prior to when the slider elements were designed, there would have been no need to design the slider elements. There haven't been any improvements on the sliders in more recent sets. Hence I think it safe to conclude that the element you have in mind does not exist.
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Title: Any other Technic parts with a pinhole slot like part 18940?
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ThreadText: # Any other Technic parts with a pinhole slot like part 18940?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-12-18)
  
  I haven't kept up with new parts or sets for at least a decade, but recently when browsing BrickLink I ran into part [18940](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=18940):
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/J9jO0.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/J9jO0.png)
  
  This caught my attention as I'm working on a MOC project right now where a major sticking point has been reducing off-axis slop in sliding motion. This is a very nontrivial problem in Technic builds because liftarms are ever so slightly thinner than a stud gap. The above piece caught my eye because it employs elongated pin-hole slots (see below) to solve this problem which results in a relatively rigid sliding connection that introduces impressively little friction.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/KnEX5.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/KnEX5.png)
  
  However, these pieces have several other drawbacks, with half-stud-wide walls that create awkward spacing, and generally a lot of bulkiness that's difficult to build around just to take advantage of the pin slots. So I would like to know: are there any other pieces I am unaware of that feature a pinhole-slot like this?
  
  **Tags:** technic, piece-information, mechanical
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I would think if the element you have in mind existed prior to when the slider elements were designed, there would have been no need to design the slider elements. There haven't been any improvements on the sliders in more recent sets. Hence I think it safe to conclude that the element you have in mind does not exist.  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2023-12-18. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  After scanning the relevant Technic part subcategories (plain Technic, Connector, Gear, Disk, Figure Accessory, Liftarm, Panel, Plate, Steering) on Bricklink, I'd say there is at most one such part besides your example and its various stickered versions:
  
  [Technic, Liftarm, Modified Bent Thick 1 x 11.5 Double](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=32009#T=C)
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/1CgFM.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/1CgFM.png)
  
  But the length of the slot is ... probably less than what you need.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Yeah that came to mind, but it's unfortunately definitely not a useable length of slot.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2023-12-18. Score: 0
  
  I can only think of [Technic Beam Frame 3 x 19 with 2 Center Cross Beams, 3 Openings Thick](https://rebrickable.com/parts/67491/technic-beam-frame-3-x-19-with-2-center-cross-beams-3-openings-thick/) being similar shape, with 3 elongated openings.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/w5oJQ.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/w5oJQ.jpg)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Unfortunately those are just full brick-width openings, not pinhole-width which is the specific feature I'm looking for.  It looks like there probably just aren't any other occurrences of that feature.  
  > **username_3**: @username_0 you can put two half bushing onto your axle/pin to keep it aligned  
  > **username_0**: Bushings are just like liftarms in that their diameter is slightly less than a stud unit, so there is slop when trying to slide inbetween liftarms.  
  
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