Hello, I just broke out some of my slots from storage last night. I cleaned them and oiled them with a little Aurora Special Racing Oil and gave them a few laps. It was a mixture of old T-Jets & AFX cars and newer Johnny Lightning cars. One car in particular was an X-Traction that was a little slow and stopped after the first lap. On teardown I found the brush holes melted out of the chassis. I only saw this once before years ago on a pile of old Magnatractions in a set I bought at a resale shop. I remember asking myself what kind of bonehead could melt a slot car. Now I know. Any suggestions?

I've seen it happen to mine when I get way too much brush tension.....

also the dust made by the brushes gets in the cracks of the com and shorts them out

Anyone who has ever owned Aurora TJet /AFX chassis has melted one at onetime or another. Some of us lucky ones have done it more often . :rolleyes: rr