Please pardon the bad photo. The cars short out going around curves. There is too much side to side play on the pickup roller. So I am open to your suggestions on the best fix for this. I bought several of these at the Lionel Warehouse sale and now I am being told about this issue from the people buying them. So what is your best solution to fix this issue?
Thanks,
Scott Smith
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MacGyver would put tape on the wheel but that probably would fall off. I would cut a small plastic disc or washer, in half, and glue it around the axle as a spacer.
Wrap a narrow strip of electrical tape around the copper and spring where the roller hits.
OR
Slip a short length of heat shrink tubing over the same part. It will have to be the thin wall type in a large enough tube to allow free pressure of the copper on the axle.
Wrap a narrow strip of electrical tape around the copper and spring where the roller hits.
OR
Slip a short length of heat shrink tubing over the same part. It will have to be the thin wall type in a large enough tube to allow free pressure of the copper on the axle.
Like the heat shrink tube idea, I bought a pile of heat shrink tube in 12" lengths at a flea market. I cut it to fit my installation, slip it in place and heat it with a match.
easy fix!
You don't actually need to shrink it unless its sliding around too much.
I have a old worn out tip for my soldering iron to heat shrink with.
I avoid open flame, blame it on my 20 years working on Air Force Aircraft.
I've managed to move those axle wipers over a bit and hit them with a spot of glue to keep them in place
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