8th-Apr-21, 08:45 AM
Recently found a really nice Scalextric 'The Sun' Subaru - the one with the black and yellow checks. Not new and as usual had fun cleaning it up and sorting out some cosmetic issues.
However, when I came to address the running gear the chassis had been badly distorted by being screwed down so tightly onto the base, without the support of a spacer washer, that the offset thumbscrew had pulled one side of the chassis down to touch the base!
Removing the chassis from the base and body has allowed it to relax back to a better shape but there is still a bit of a bow to it on one side.
I've had it strapped down to an engineered chassis block and left it on a hot radiator all day, which has improved it further but it's still got a little bit of a 'Spring' to it.
Is there a fix for this please?
However, when I came to address the running gear the chassis had been badly distorted by being screwed down so tightly onto the base, without the support of a spacer washer, that the offset thumbscrew had pulled one side of the chassis down to touch the base!
Removing the chassis from the base and body has allowed it to relax back to a better shape but there is still a bit of a bow to it on one side.
I've had it strapped down to an engineered chassis block and left it on a hot radiator all day, which has improved it further but it's still got a little bit of a 'Spring' to it.
Is there a fix for this please?
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