[BAracer]

The front axle on one of my Sideways cars has excessive front/rear play. I'm thinking the way to solve it is to run the axle within a brass tube which can then be held in position by the grub screws on the uproghts.

I am reading that 1/8" tubing is probably what I need (I have a standard 3/32" axle) but I am not seeing details of the inside diameters of the tubing. Is 1/8th" the OD I need to go for?

[mickey thumbs]

1/8” O.D. is correct.

[chrisguyw]

Hello Jeremy, 1/8 od (3/32 id.) tubing is what you need,.......if you are concerned about weight, alu. tubing will work just as well.

You will likely need to open the slots in the front axle uprights a touch to accept the 1/8 tubing,......just open them enough to let the tubing slide vertically, while minimizing any fore aft movement. Install your grub screws as per normal.

The MRSlotcar SR2001 or SR2103 bushings (reduced outer dia. work great, if you are interested)

cheers
Chris Walker

The SR2001 bushings installed on the front end of an NSR







The MRSlotcar SR2001's are on the left,....a few strokes with a round file and you are in business.



These work in most cars,........they really improve the handling of the Policar F1's......



And,......... there is nothing wrong with a simple piece of 1/8 od brass/alu.

[Kevan]

These work perfectly also...once the end is cleared with an axle

   

[BAracer]

Thanks both. 

The MR reducers obviously look the part, but are nowhere to be found on this little island fortress we have created. 

The ferrules I've seen used before, but I struggle to poke a simple wire through mine, so I'm sure I won't have one that will take an axle.

So...I will head off into the world of brass. Who knows where it will lead!

[CMOTD]

Thanks both. 

The MR reducers obviously look the part, but are nowhere to be found on this little island fortress we have created.

Several US suppliers have them but I couldn't find any in Europe either so not just absent in the UK. They are a Canadian firm and importing from there is just the same as it always has been. To imply that Brexit is the cause is somewhat disingenuous. Pendle's stock a vast range of MR Slotcar spares but not this one. May be that nobody has asked for them before or they have been overlooked, try asking if they could obtain them.

[chrisguyw]

I think that Pendle ordered some of these very recently,...........I will check the order , and confirm later today.

Cheers
Chris Walker

[BAracer]

I think that Pendle ordered some of these very recently,...........I will check the order , and confirm later today.

Cheers
Chris Walker

They certainly did, and now some of them are heading my way!