Please critique axle and bore prep processes...

[OPARENNEN]

Oil doesn't dry. If you're going to use oil when you are supposed to use graphite, just use a drop or 2. You dont need much like many people think, but if you're worried about your son getting disqualified, you can always follow the rules /images/boards/smilies/wink.gif. You can make fast graphite cars that will dominate in scout races. Graphite just doesn't work in league racing because you can use oil and oil will always beat graphite. Also, Pledge for graphite, and silicone/jig spray for oil.

Or, do like I do. I take a soft cloth, put graphite on it, and put graphite on the outside edges of the wheels, especially the outside of the edge of the DFW wheel, where it touches the rail. But keep graphite away from the bores, and like said above, only use 2 drops per axle at the most. It never shows to the least, and the graphite helps, especially that on the front wheel.

 

[Kinser Racing]

The only way to get DQ'd is to have it visible or if they pull a wheel. Also, if you are not familiar with oil and how to use it, you'll need to get familiar with it or you run the possibility of being slower than graphite. Oil's not hard but much different. You have to be willing to learn about it and you can do that here.

 

[ngyoung]

The one hard thing with oil that you need to be careful with is keeping your wheel bores lint free. Using forced air to blow out any debris is pretty easy but you will want to inspect them under good light before mating with axle and applying the oil. Using some sort of magnification helps also find stuff you may not always see with the naked eye.

 

[Guest]

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[Obsessedderbydad]

The one hard thing with oil that you need to be careful with is keeping your wheel bores lint free. Using forced air to blow out any debris is pretty easy but you will want to inspect them under good light before mating with axle and applying the oil. Using some sort of magnification helps also find stuff you may not always see with the naked eye.

He hit the nail on the head with using magnification to see things you can't with the naked eye. I just got done prepping some wheels and looked through my magnification and it looked like it had stuff all over it, but to my naked eye it looked clean as a whistle.