AXLE INSTALLATION, WITH J. B. WELD

model40fan Sunday, 9/15/2013

AN RDR RACER HAD A CAR [D N F] THE FRONT AXLE HAD COME UNGLUED AND RODE UP INTO THE BODY, LETTING THE FRONT BACKING PLATES RUB ON THE TRACK...
I DRILLED HIS J. B. WELDS, GENTLY PRIED THE BODY AND BASE APART...
AH, HAH...HE SHOULD HAVE DRILLED AND INSTALLED [J.B.RIVETS] BY DRILLING HOLES THOUGH THE BASE JUST BELOW THE CENTER OF THE AXLE... AND THEN COUNTERSINKING THE BOTTOM SIDE...
THEN BY LETTING THE J.B.QUICK DRIP THROUGH THE HOLE AND AGAINST A PIECE OF DUCT TAPE STUCK UNDER THE BASE, IT SETS UP, MAKING A RIVET HEAD ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BASE...
EVEN IF YOUR J.B. LETS GO, IT WON'T LET THE AXLE RIDE UP INTO THE BODY!
HOW-TO ON THIS OVER A YEAR AGO... BUT FOR OUR NEW RACERS HERE GOES ;Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
. NOTE THE HOLE DRILLED THROUGH THE BASE BELOW THE CENTER OF THE FRONT AXLE AND THE THEN DE-BURRED AXLE SLOT...Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
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K_Harvest 9/15/13

Thanks Smitty!

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