Glue your slot car gears to improve performance, balance and speed

Glue your slot car gears to improve performance, balance and speed - Part 2

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2 жыл бұрын

(See below for links to products used in this video...)
In this second video we finally glue a slot car spur gear to an axle and work out how to position it correctly based on wheel hub size and chassis width. You might want to lighten and drill your Cahoza, S&K, Slotit, NSR or Scalextric slot car gears first.
Here are some Amazon links to products I recommend. I own and use all of these products...
** ROTARY TOOLS **
Proxxon Rotary Tool (Collet version) - amzn.to/3fXLVRn
Proxxon Rotary Tool (3 Jaw Chuck version) - amzn.to/37yT9qC
Proxxon Rotary Tool with adjustable multi-unit power supply - amzn.to/3jIeYJW
Proxxon Micromot fixed speed with power supply (EU Only) - amzn.to/3sE8L5P
Proxxon Micromot adjustable speed without power supply (EU Only) - amzn.to/3yaUMp9
Parkside Rotary Tool (UK ONLY - Battery Powered) - amzn.to/3fYoaJ4
(I have 4 of these myself and they are excellent)
** GLUE **
UHU Plus Epoxy (UK Only) - amzn.to/3mtbb6e
UHU Plus Epoxy (US Only) - amzn.to/38mDRWt
UHU Plus Epoxy (EU Only) - amzn.to/2XQehae
** SOLVENT **
MEK, Methyl ethyl ketone, 200 ml (EU Only) - amzn.to/3B9bqY2
Acetone (US Only) - amzn.to/2UL80eO
Acetone (UK Only) - amzn.to/3ygjsN4
** WEIGHING SCALES **
PRECISION SCALES 0.001g 50g Max - amzn.to/2VP5rc4
(Beware there are other versions which only have a 10g or 20g max weight which is not a large enough range to weigh some slot car motors)
** SLOT RACING SUPPLIERS **
BETTA and CLASSIC
Search for - "BETTA replacement allen key tip for std grub screw with 8mm long tip" - www.bettaandclassic.com/image/...
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Пікірлер: 26

@charlesrayneal7241 2 жыл бұрын

Best tuning tip EVER . I had no idea glue could hold gears onto the axles. Thanks and keep tips coming. You have our attention.

@CleaveTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting Charles 🙏

@Dracoool 2 жыл бұрын

Well done. 👍🏎

@7732147 2 жыл бұрын

Nice one bud.

@CiaranWhelan 2 жыл бұрын

Freaking awesome.

@richditlevsen4225 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@danielmedina6198 2 жыл бұрын

ESPECTACULAR. EXCELENTE TRABAJO. FELICITACIONES. ( LOS ENVIDIO) SANAMENTE. QUÉ DIOS LOS BENDIGA. ABRAZOS DE ARGENTINA.

@WaytooFastSpeed 2 жыл бұрын

I prefer to key the shaft with a hollow set screw. As light. stronger and can be removed as needed.

@CleaveTech 2 жыл бұрын

A set screw is the standard method of holding the gears onto the axle, but when you start getting into very high RPM ranges, the slight imbalance and the small bend it makes on the shaft, cause vibrations. Gluing on the gear seems to eliminate this. You can always remove it when it is worn out by heating up the axle and sliding the gear off.

@conalwalters5387 2 жыл бұрын

Class

@RollingThunder808 Жыл бұрын

What you could do is start of with a longer axle with pointed ends to balance it after glueing on the gear.

@CleaveTech Жыл бұрын

Nice idea 👍🏻

@RollingThunder808 Жыл бұрын

@@CleaveTech Got another idea. Maybe shave the gear width by about a third to save weight.

@CleaveTech Жыл бұрын

@@RollingThunder808 , I do narrow F1 crown gears, but I find you need the full width for straight gears due to the torque of the motors. If you only use low powered FK type motors such as the Falcon 7 then you might be able to narrow the gears.

@gandrews6942 2 жыл бұрын

James great tutorial, but I have noticed that the axles are of different lengths, That will change things a tad.

@CleaveTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Yes, the axle is shorter on the final product because shortening the axle to the correct and necessary length was all part of completing the process.

@danielmedina8262 2 жыл бұрын

what I would like (if they can do it.) a video (or several.) explaining how to prepare an open slor car, that is g12, or any other open car. I hope you have understood me. thanks in advance.

@CleaveTech 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Daniel. Open cars are actually some of the easiest to prepare as the chassis work very well without any changes and it is just a case of assembling the correct parts. I will add that idea to my list of videos. Thank you.

@johnwakamatsu3391 2 жыл бұрын

@@CleaveTech I race G7 and GT12 slot cars and soldering together the chassis is very simple, There are no front tires on either slot car so you do not need special tools other than a soldering iron and a ceramic soldering block.

@danielmedina8262 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to ask you two (2) questions. one: how it peels off. ? if it takes off, or after running several races, everything is thrown away. ? Thank you.

@CleaveTech 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Daniel, good question. To remove the gear after it has been used, you can apply lots of heat with a soldering iron or a blow torch and then just tap the gear off the axle.

@koford 2 жыл бұрын

I dont have that kind of lathe where you put tool in a angle, but i do have a hudy lathe, any way one can use hudy lathe to remove that excess alum?

@CleaveTech 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Koford, yes I have seen people use a Hudy Com lathe to remove the boss material. You just put the gear and axle between the V blocks and maybe use an old hub as a pulley on the axle for the belt to run on. You can then use an old com truing tool to remove the excess material on the boss 👍🏻

@CleaveTech 2 жыл бұрын

You can also use two rotary tools. Use a grinding disc in one tool and put the axle and gear in the other. You can then grind by hand. It is fairly easy to achieve a good result this way, just be careful 🤕