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[Tim Wood]

Have this chassis and had trouble putting the chassis together. Bought another one to try and improve on the first disaster. Parts do not fit together very well. Have put other chassis together and understand to file grooves or slots for parts to fit and had little problem. I have ground down a little or rounded the finger of parts that fit in the slots to make fit with no luck until I took a Dremel and a cutting point, mainly for wood carving and pretty much enlarged the slot not real precise, so when soldering piece in have to hold piece in. 

 

Anyone have any ideas? Maybe the older chassis was made different than this new one. People I have talked to with this model of chassis made theirs a few years back and seem to had no problem. This is hard steel to try and drill or cut out.

 

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[DocSlotCar]

From Eagle Distributing. This was posted for the slot car racers and track owners:

"JRL Indy Chassis Kit, 1/24 scale for C-can motors. No assembly Iinstructions, advanced chassis builders only, requires fitting and grinding of many parts. Nickel-plated for corrosion resistance."

It was expected that you would have to grind and file, etc....

[kvanpelt]

Sorry Tim, that chassis is a PITA to assemble and has been for quite some time. I believe the holes/slots did not allow for the added thickness of the plating.

 

If you can get one, the new Red Fox JRL is much easier to assemble and he also has a new F1 body.

[JHMerriman]

The new Red Fox is far superior to the JK. It handles like a dream. The new body/chassis combo is awesome.

[Tim Wood]

Hey Doc Slotcar,

 Have you put one together recently, you should try it. Let me know how it turns out for you. Much modification on the grinding and filing and fitting. Thanks 

 I am not a advanced chassis builder by any means, but I am a craftsman. I enjoy the building part. I have assembled a few chassis similar materials had no problem.

[Bill from NH]

Tim, the more one builds, the better they get at doing it. Building with brass is easier than piano wire. Only you will find most of your mistakes. Enjoy your building, that's half the fun. 

[bbr]

I've seen Foamy assemble a chassis in a matter of hours at a raceway

[John Luongo]

Tim, the more one builds, the better they get at doing it. Building with brass is easier than piano wire. Only you will find most of your mistakes. Enjoy your building, that's half the fun. 

bill, didnt we run jrls at qc and nfs?

[Bill from NH]

John, you are correct. JRLs were run at both QCS  & NfS. The scale traveling groups CASRA & ANE AMCA both ran JRLs as a class for years. I never built one, but do have a couple used ones. People use to say if you reamed out the pin holes size, it went together fine. John, did you know the first JK JRL chassis were inlines? My friend Joe Connolly built one. The inlines handled so poorly that Jerry came out with an anglewinder version. A few years later, Mossetti, Clark, Thomas, & others each had a version.

[John Luongo]

John, you are correct. JRLs were run at both QCS  & NfS. The scale traveling groups CASRA & ANE AMCA both ran JRLs as a class for years. I never built one, but do have a couple used ones. People use to say if you reamed out the pin holes size, it went together fine. John, did you know the first JK JRL chassis were inlines? My friend Joe Connolly built one. The inlines handled so poorly that Jerry came out with an anglewinder version. A few years later, Mossetti, Clark, Thomas, & others each had a version.

ah yes. i may have a mike clark version, ran well right out of the box. those chassis could take a hit.

[Bill from NH]

Mike was quite a chassis designer for someone with a house building background. Matt had loaned Mike a 1/32 spring steel F1 eurosport chassis for its movements. Mike promptly built a brass/wire clone of it for the 1/32 ANE AMCA  class. A few months later, Mike found a shop to laser-cut a steel version. He soon after had them & his 1/24 JRL chassis in production. I last heard from Mike about five years ago when he contacted me to confirm a rumor. John, you realize Mike is a north shore Boston guy, just like you?

[John Luongo]

Mike was quite a chassis designer for someone with a house building background. Matt had loaned Mike a 1/32 spring steel F1 eurosport chassis for its movements. Mike promptly built a brass/wire clone of it for the 1/32 ANE AMCA  class. A few months later, Mike found a shop to laser-cut a steel version. He soon after had them & his 1/24 JRL chassis in production. I last heard from Mike about five years ago when he contacted me to confirm a rumor. John, you realize Mike is a north shore Boston guy, just like you?

i was unaware as to his location. very smart guy and a top notch racer. that was a great class. i may look for my old chassis and put an fk motor in it to see what happens. best regards

[Tim Wood]

I've seen Foamy assemble a chassis in a matter of hours at a raceway

 

I am sure it wasn't a New JK JRL