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by chromegsx
Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:42 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: Bad experience at invitationals
Replies: 10
Views: 10633

Re: Bad experience at invitationals

A first suggestion for you to give as a volunteer (if accepted) would be to change the title of the "rules" page to "GUIDELINES" or "SUGGESTIONS". Or better yet throw out the ones they are not going to enforce. Not sure I would have kept pushing after the second "c...
by chromegsx
Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:38 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: pictures of our finished car RACE RESULTS ADDED 3/3
Replies: 15
Views: 16344

Re: pictures of our finished car

Very Nice Work. Now I'm hungry for a peanut butter cup and I just ate lunch. Good luck at the race. Be sure to let us know how your team does.
by chromegsx
Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:23 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Rail rider pulling opposite way? How to fix it?
Replies: 44
Views: 33338

Re: Rail rider pulling opposite way? How to fix it?

Speedster wrote:If the sharpie mark is at 4 o'clock, would that not give the wheel Positive cant?
Yes if sharpie is in direction of bend and it will also give toe in.
by chromegsx
Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:18 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: AWANA kits
Replies: 7
Views: 9206

Re: AWANA kits

I too would like to source a bulk kit of wheels and axles for my kids' personal fun. The individual kit price is not a solution for me. You could do what my nieces AWANA Club did then. They sourced their kits from Maximum Velocity. They are real nice kits with great axles and wheels. Sorry I wasn't...
by chromegsx
Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:43 pm
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: AWANA kits
Replies: 7
Views: 9206

Re: AWANA kits

I too would like to source a bulk kit of wheels and axles for my kids' personal fun. The individual kit price is not a solution for me.
by chromegsx
Wed Feb 27, 2013 1:40 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Rail rider pulling opposite way? How to fix it?
Replies: 44
Views: 33338

Re: Rail rider pulling opposite way? How to fix it?

Amen it worked! :dance: DFW axle sharpie line is pointed at 4:00 and it is 1 inch drift left over a 4 ft. roll. YAY!!! A HUGE thank you for all of your help fellas. I can't begin to tell you how appreciative I feel. I'll take a picture of my daughter's car in a bit and post it. You guys are the BES...
by chromegsx
Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:20 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Rail rider pulling opposite way? How to fix it?
Replies: 44
Views: 33338

Re: Rail rider pulling opposite way? How to fix it?

get the rear wheels right first without the front. use the tape method or tack method (my preference) then add the front and adjust steer. A tip for the rear wheels I like to do with straight axles is leave a large gap say 1/8" - 1/4" between the body and wheels (this is only temporary til...
by chromegsx
Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:56 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Prepping for district
Replies: 12
Views: 13300

Re: Prepping for district

Has anyone tried a desiccant? You know, those packets included in various store items such as new shoe boxes that say "Do Not Eat" on them? They absorb moisture from the air--that's their job. Would it make sense to put one in a zipper bag with a PWD car? It would reduce or eliminate cond...
by chromegsx
Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:02 pm
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: Wheels
Replies: 4
Views: 7430

Re: Wheels

What were you hoping to see from this game? How do you know where the imbalance was in order to start the roll?
by chromegsx
Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:56 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: Does Sequence of Polishing Operations Matter?
Replies: 51
Views: 39497

Re: Does Sequence of Polishing Operations Matter?

I don't think 100x is going to get you what you want. See pics below. You can't really tell the difference between at sub micron levels at that scale. I took your picture and imported into my CAD, scaled it to the scale bar then placed pairs of lines using stan's numbers at each indicated micron dis...
by chromegsx
Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:48 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: Does Sequence of Polishing Operations Matter?
Replies: 51
Views: 39497

Re: Does Sequence of Polishing Operations Matter?

Stan Pope wrote:...(Details sometime after our district races.)...
Then why point out the typo that's not a typo now vs. after districts. Ya know people are impatient. At least throw a bone to the dogs to chew on.
by chromegsx
Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:24 pm
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: Does Sequence of Polishing Operations Matter?
Replies: 51
Views: 39497

Re: Does Sequence of Polishing Operations Matter?

... BTW, I'm still waiting for someone to raise question about my "typo" from a few posts ago in this topic. :) I noticed it but just thought it was just that...a "typo". Is it not? I guess I'll bite. :unsure: How do you turn an axle down from .087 to .090-.096 ? :scratching: I ...
by chromegsx
Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:42 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Axle finishing step Question!
Replies: 9
Views: 6655

Re: Axle finishing step Question!

... I have 2 questions. 1. What is the diameter of your axles after all that sanding? 2. What is the Micron rating of Brasso? ... Out of all the information on the internet I could only find two reference to Brasso micron rating. 0.25 micron on one of the pro boards... no reference available to sou...
by chromegsx
Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:56 am
Forum: Do-It-Yourself
Topic: I want to build a track....
Replies: 16
Views: 31482

Re: I want to build a track....

Well picked up the track...was disappointed to find out that it was not 40' (actually under 32' end to end), but that made it easy for hauling. The kids played on it all day yesterday mostly with matchbox cars....probably 8+ hours straight till they ran out of matchbox cars to test against each othe...