Carlson's Slot Cars
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Lister Storm Magnet Modification |
| This minor modification was told to me by a member of SCI
but sadly I can not remember who. It was originally designed for the Fly C5R
Vette but the Lister Storm chassis is very close and the mod works well on
it. I'm not sure what other Fly chassis this mod will work on but if the
magnet mounts in the same way as the Vette or Lister this mod should work
there as well. |
| STEP 1 | |
| First you need to remove the motor and rear axle/wheel
assembly. Be careful not to bend the motor shaft spring too much and kink
it! I use an elastic to hold the motor to the chassis while I work. click on any of the pictures to get a larger image. |
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| STEP 2 | |
| Place a small flat screw driver under one end of the magnet holder and pry up. Do this on the other side of the magnet holder as well until the holder comes free. Once the holder is off the magnet and spacer will also drop out. Pictured to the right is all the pieces that will be left after removing the magnet holder. | |
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| STEP 3 | |
| Next we will need to remove the plastic area under the magnet. I use a sharp exacto knife and it does not take long at all because the plastic is very thin. The bottom picture shows the area to be removed, it is the area marked in yellow. To the right we have the finished product. | |
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| STEP 4 | |
| Once we have the plastic removed we replace the magnet holder and then glue the plastic spacer to the holder with a little Ca. Be careful not to get any glue on the magnet holder's mounts because we still want the up and down movement. The bottom picture shows the magnet holder back in place and the picture to the right shows the plastic spacer glued in. | |
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| STEP 5 | |
| Next glue the magnet to the plastic spacer, again making sure you do not get any glue on the magnet holders mounts. What we now have is a full range of movement from the magnet, we can lower it almost to the track surface or raise it back to factory position. | |
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| STEP 6 | |
| Remount the rear axle and motor and finish with any other minor modifications you might have in mind like gluing axle bushings and motor to their mounts. |
Next Page - Lister Storm Final Preparation.
Author: Brent Carlson July 2003