Joints in track
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Use files. I spent hours upon hours filing the section gaps on my 3 lane. Also shine a bright light under the gap to check progress. As for the ramp section(it was horrible from Best Track), i assembled it and took it to the end mill and made light passes till it was perfect.
I have been slowly getting my track ready. I have noticed as I am doing test fits that some of the joints on the uphill connecting section are sitting just barely higher. I am thinking that those bumps will kill my wheels. Instead of sanding them down and causing possible dips in the track I have decided to go against the assembly instructions and put the pins in the uphill part of each section. This way I can slightly ream out the downhill section holes so I can drop the uphill connection for a smooth transition. I hope I'm not crazy, but I think this will work.
Thanks y'all for your suggestions. If there is a lesson learned here it is to follow the instructions. Pins installed according according to the instructions worked much better. I was able to get my track up and running last night and now have another question. I had to do minimal sanding on some of the joints and wonder if this is causing another issue. I was doing some tuning last night and noticed that I am picking up some material on the wheels edge. I cleaned the track again and again and seems like I get the same thing. I clean the wheels and the wheels sound smooth on the glass tuning table. I was wondering if this is coming from the sanded areas. Is this normal for new tracks, or did I cause issues with my sanding? If y'all have had experience with this or have any suggestions I would be extremely grateful for any help. I would hate to ruin my wheels.
You can also on the bottom side on the L-brackets where you clip the track together drill a hole though them on each side and then you can stick a bolt and wing nut to hold the track exactly how you want and you should have a little play to adjust how you want. Will also keep the joints tight.
Skippy Kicky said:
Hey Kicky, you probably don't know who I am but I used to race here quite a bit. I just wanted to mention something about your post I quoted. You need to try to keep your track as clean as possible. It is a constant battle and you will find out that it does not matter how much you clean the track you will still pick up trash on your wheels. The trash on you wheels will actually make small pits in your wheels dramatically slowing your car down. It is very important, besides cleaning your track to clean your wheels between every run. A magic eraser works well for this. Even by doing all of this there will come a time when you will have to use some 2000 grit sand paper on a hard surface to clean the wheels back up. This should pick your speed back up but you will find most of the time nothing runs faster times than a brand new set of quality wheels. This being said, I'll give you a very important tip, run your car as few times as you can get buy with to get the oil broke and the car dialed in. I generally try to get the car close within first five runs, oil should be getting broke in by this time. Try to dial it in as fast as it will run within the next five runs which does not always happen this way but wheels does not have a very long life span so the fewer times you run your car down the track the more races you will get out of a set of wheels. Once getting your car dialed in always use the 2000 grit sand paper to clean wheels the the magic eraser after the sand paper. run your car one last time down the track if u r satisfied box it and get it ready to ship. Don't over tune the car most of the time you will find you will be sending a slower car than what you started with. Hope this helps and good luck
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