Brushed advice

[barry]

It seems I've not cared for my brushed wet weather car properly, only using it for the odd wet race and chucking it back in the box when I'm done. However, this meant it could not manage a full wet meeting yesterday at Carlisle! It would get about 5 laps in before the car ground to a halt. Fiddling with the brushes meant I got another 5 or so laps before it stopped again.

Anyway, I have a lathe from ebay which I'll dust down this week, but I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice about which brushes/springs to buy and any other maintenance tools/lubricants/techniques I should get/learn?

Also, a good stockist for this stuff.

Thanks in advance,
Barry

[Battle_axe]

Originally Posted by barry

It seems I've not cared for my brushed wet weather car properly, only using it for the odd wet race and chucking it back in the box when I'm done. However, this meant it could not manage a full wet meeting yesterday at Carlisle! It would get about 5 laps in before the car ground to a halt. Fiddling with the brushes meant I got another 5 or so laps before it stopped again.

Anyway, I have a lathe from ebay which I'll dust down this week, but I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice about which brushes/springs to buy and any other maintenance tools/lubricants/techniques I should get/learn?

Also, a good stockist for this stuff.

Thanks in advance,
Barry

sounds like you had a case of sticky brushes
what the motor needs is a good strip down take out the arm and clean the rest in motor cleaner and re oil the bearings in the can with a light oil

as for brushes you need to find out if they are stand up or laydown or even the v2 style ones if they are the first two i would go for ready or trinity products

if you do decide to skim the com take as little of as possible and go slow it will pay off

[barry]

Originally Posted by Battle_axe

sounds like you had a case of sticky brushes
what the motor needs is a good strip down take out the arm and clean the rest in motor cleaner and re oil the bearings in the can with a light oil

as for brushes you need to find out if they are stand up or laydown or even the v2 style ones if they are the first two i would go for ready or trinity products

if you do decide to skim the com take as little of as possible and go slow it will pay off

Yes, they did seem to be sticking as tugging them then releasing them seemed to sort it for a while.

What sort of springs do you recommend? It's for a 19t. Can you suggest anything to keep in the toolbox handy - I've some people have "com drops" and "com sticks"...?

Cheers,
Barry

[Battle_axe]

Originally Posted by barry

Yes, they did seem to be sticking as tugging them then releasing them seemed to sort it for a while.

What sort of springs do you recommend? It's for a 19t. Can you suggest anything to keep in the toolbox handy - I've some people have "com drops" and "com sticks"...?

Cheers,
Barry

the com drops will speed up wear allot meaning more skims and more rebuilds for a little more power

as for com sticks they are used to clean up the com worth having but skimming it every few runs will do the same

springs there is only one way "go hard" it speeds up wear but will help with your sticking problem is this in a tc or a buggy?

[Mike Haswell]

Red springs all round or red + with green -.
Will probably need some new brushes as well.

[barry]

Originally Posted by Battle_axe

the com drops will speed up wear allot meaning more skims and more rebuilds for a little more power

as for com sticks they are used to clean up the com worth having but skimming it every few runs will do the same

springs there is only one way "go hard" it speeds up wear but will help with your sticking problem is this in a tc or a buggy?

It for a touring car.

Barry

[barry]

Originally Posted by Mike Haswell

Red springs all round or red + with green -.
Will probably need some new brushes as well.

That's interesting - why the mix of green and red?

Barry