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Adriatic posted:

   You don't like your Menards track?  My 0-36 is great. No waves, sparks, or bumps, just smooth new track.

Menards gauge 0 tracks is a subject for another topic IMHO

I probably wasn't so lucky as you with these tracks purchases.
Their rail pins become loose very quickly. If you squeeze them back with pliers too much they become bumpy.  To avoid all of this my kids like to wrap rubber band around tracks pin connectors ( you can see it in attached videos). These tracks (especially curved ones) also develop quickly electric shortages between middle and outer rails. All b/c of poor insulation material used for metal bars holding them. It happened to me that a few tracks were factory shorted (straight out Menards shelf)! We started marking bad tracks to avoid frustration during track assembly. From time to time I have to fix pile of marked tracks. What typically helps is replacing worn rail insulation and clamping rail back.

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