Thank You very much for your videos! I fixed cars that werent running in 15 years! Gonna have a grandson born in June, time to get all 300 cars running!
A note on BRUSH springs for everyone. A lot of time the brush springs are collapsed or just not made or setting to the correct height for maximum efficiency. . They should be spread out again; expanded;. If this is the situation, they should sit almost to the top of the hole. to do this I use a piece of tape on a hard surface(the ends folded over so it will stick to the surface) to help lightly hold the spring on its round side so a blade can be inserted between the coils at each end and then spread to about 3/16-1/4 " then re-check the height inserted into the holes. If too tall, just compress them a tad by sitting them on the hard surface and gently compress with any flat sided implement. I use the butt end of an X-acto knife or even a 9 volt battery or anything similar. PICKUP SPRINGS -- Sometimes these springs are TOO TALL and create too much tension on the shoes and push the chassis away from the track and cause a lot of de-slotting. Simply remove and compress them similar to the above method, then adjust to get the shoe slot end to sit about an 1/8 - 3/16" from the retaining tab. (top of the shoe, now upside down of course, at the top of the slot) which will be about half the height of the guide pin. adjust shoe to sit flat on the rails most of it's length til about the front of the spring pockets. Mark the shoe its length with an ink marker then run to see the wear pattern then adjust accordingly.
Great video thanks for posting it, The AFX Magnatraction is a very interesting chassis. I love the little gears and parts in these. Thanks again for posting.
Edit> I believe the brush springs should have been cleaned before re-installing. They will most likely have microscopic oil and dirt residue on them as well as all other parts preventing good 100% contact with the brush. When installing the armature plate(motor plate) it's best to FIRST sit the whole chassis on a solid flat surface and then set the armature plate in squarely in to the chassis to first seat the rear tabs in the perspective slots, then barley seat the brushes sitting the two front tabs directly on top of the areas where they will seat, and then press each front tab towards the center (left towards the right and right to left while gently pressing down on the assembly) until it clicks into place in the tab slots. Next BEFORE installing the idler gear, gently turn the front gear, even after inspection to make sure the armature turns easily and the brushes didn't jar loose or pop out of the holes via the spring pressure and go sideways.. this does happen a lot when installing the arm plate on Magna-tractions. Also the bottom of the rear cluster gear assembly should have been oiled at the pinion gear shaft and as well. good video.
Thank You very much for your videos! I fixed cars that werent running in 15 years! Gonna have a grandson born in June, time to get all 300 cars running!
I always had problems when I was a kid reassembling these. If only I had this video back then!
Yes, very well done! TY Scott👍
A note on BRUSH springs for everyone.
A lot of time the brush springs are collapsed or just not made or setting to the correct height for maximum efficiency. . They should be spread out again; expanded;. If this is the situation, they should sit almost to the top of the hole. to do this I use a piece of tape on a hard surface(the ends folded over so it will stick to the surface) to help lightly hold the spring on its round side so a blade can be inserted between the coils at each end and then spread to about 3/16-1/4 " then re-check the height inserted into the holes. If too tall, just compress them a tad by sitting them on the hard surface and gently compress with any flat sided implement. I use the butt end of an X-acto knife or even a 9 volt battery or anything similar.
PICKUP SPRINGS -- Sometimes these springs are TOO TALL and create too much tension on the shoes and push the chassis away from the track and cause a lot of de-slotting. Simply remove and compress them similar to the above method, then adjust to get the shoe slot end to sit about an 1/8 - 3/16" from the retaining tab. (top of the shoe, now upside down of course, at the top of the slot) which will be about half the height of the guide pin. adjust shoe to sit flat on the rails most of it's length til about the front of the spring pockets. Mark the shoe its length with an ink marker then run to see the wear pattern then adjust accordingly.
Great video thanks for posting it, The AFX Magnatraction is a very interesting chassis. I love the little gears and parts in these. Thanks again for posting.
Edit>
I believe the brush springs should have been cleaned before re-installing. They will most likely have microscopic oil and dirt residue on them as well as all other parts preventing good 100% contact with the brush.
When installing the armature plate(motor plate) it's best to FIRST sit the whole chassis on a solid flat surface and then set the armature plate in squarely in to the chassis to first seat the rear tabs in the perspective slots, then barley seat the brushes sitting the two front tabs directly on top of the areas where they will seat, and then press each front tab towards the center (left towards the right and right to left while gently pressing down on the assembly) until it clicks into place in the tab slots. Next BEFORE installing the idler gear, gently turn the front gear, even after inspection to make sure the armature turns easily and the brushes didn't jar loose or pop out of the holes via the spring pressure and go sideways.. this does happen a lot when installing the arm plate on Magna-tractions. Also the bottom of the rear cluster gear assembly should have been oiled at the pinion gear shaft and as well. good video.
Excellent video
LEARNED ALOT.....NICE
Great videos! Very nice job explaining everything, very helpful. Thanks for posting
Great series. Please provide a video of this chassis on a track. I would love to see and hear how the car runs after this service.
Agreed.
You are right... it does run like an AFX/Magnatraction... Realistic speeds and fun to race!
Thanks, man! Great
Very informative, thanks!
Thanks 😊
Nice fan noise effect at the end of the video!