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Send me a PM. I have your grille spotlights!! Jules
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Urgent - Admin: Site Blocked By Telstra As Harmful
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Thanks for that tip off. I was just about to blow a weeks beer money on a 1st production example. Saved. Jules
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Crikey! Choc-icetastic. Gareth, if you ever decide you can work for the minimum wage + a lucky dip into the broken parts bin every Saturday morning, please call me. Jules
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Matt, I think you posted your reply just as I hit send. With regard to Nick's black Camaro, I'm baffled by that. It could be a freak. I've snapped in 10's of 1000's of axles and have never thought "sloppy". I would be very interested to see that axle. Jules
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'GAS41T', we may as well air the problems here. Please make a list of "so many problems". You'll be helping me. I need to know. Currently, we are at noisy/binding spur gear. Nick, those rear brass bearings are precision drilled at 2.42mm dia ( + or - 0.01 tolerance). The rear axle is precision ground to a dia of 2.38mm ( + or - 0.01 tolerance). Therefore, in theory, the maximum 'slop' you would get should be no more 0.06mm. It would be awful difficult to say that was sloppy. Having said that, you might have a freak axle. I have to say that, in 7 years, I have never heard of this problem before. Did this Camaro come straight out of a factory sealed box or had it been around the block (meaning meddled with by another club member before you got your hands on it)? I can only think you have non-Pioneer parts in that Camaro rear axle. Just in case you were not aware - we offer a pretty good 'sort it out' warranty service. If you are ever unhappy with any element of a Pioneer model, I will get it fixed. Jules @Pioneer
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Considering 'nico87' has a similar problem then this could run deeper than just being a Charger issue. I'm off to batch check the axles. 'nico87' - when you say ".....the bushings in the camaro.......was slopping aroind real bad and were stuffed"...........Do you mean the bushes were moving in the snap-fit or the axle was sloppy inside of the bushes/bearing? Front or back? Jules @Pioneer
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.....and to continue...... I have never been perfectly happy with the spur gear fitting method - basically an interference fit onto a splined portion of the axle. Essentially, we have to force this on and the margin for error is too great. We shall be moving onto a plastic spur with a screw fitted boss asap. It's on my urgent list. Jules
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Matt, I'm sorry you have an issue with that gear mesh. I have seen this before, particularly on the very early General Lees. I suspect that the axle is not true. It may also be a fault with the spur. Anyhow, please send me your address and a new rear end will be sent off to you today. Jues
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So Brexit Has Happened And The Pound Has Tanked
Pioneer replied to Eno the Wonderdog's topic in Off-Topic
The petition to hold another referendum has now been analysed and only 400,000 of the 3 million 'signatures' are actually UK residents registered to vote. In addition, 39,000 of the 'signatures' list their home country as 'The Vatican'. That's either a Pope 'Spambot' or an act of God maybe? Jules -
Super duper job, KK. Must get some more of those Mustang kits into circulation. Got all the bits, just need to package them. Jules
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I was waiting to see if they dropped the Javelin. Apparently not. Yet. Jules
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Thank you for the praise, guys. Much appreciated. That car will be a tough one to top. Nice review here: http://www.dukescollector.blogspot.co.uk/ Jules
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I say this in my frame of mind that really, really wants Scalextric to continue to be successful...... "Apart from the deeper guide; on so many levels, what a load of nonsense. Scalextric have gone barking mad". Gawd, I hope I'm wrong. Jules
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Ember, I am looking forward to what you come up with on your 'Uncle Jesse's Farm diorama set. Here's a side-by-side of the Pioneer vs. Scalextric. They are both orange. Jules