What about shim stock in the blocks?
>On Mon, 21 May 2001, Dave Schneider wrote:
>
> > I have an old Omega 45E monorail. The plastic clamps which hold the
> > standards to the rail are not holding tight. I am very cautious about
>over
> > tightening the clamps since the 45E was famous for cracking these
>plastic
> > blocks. Even when fully tightened there doesn't seem to be enough grip.
>Does
> > any body have a fix for this? One thought was to rough up the aluminum
> > surface of the rail with a little sand paper. Another thought was to
>paint
> > the rail with a flat enamel with some micrballoons mixed in
>(microballoons
> > are a powder like material used as filler in fiberglass and epoxy mixes,
>my
> > intent is to give the surface just a little tooth). Any other
>suggestions?
>
>Some ideas that come to mind:
>
> - Replace the plastic blocks with something tougher? That might be
> difficult, espcially if the blocks are made of something like
> Polycarbonate plastics since these really are quite tough and
> durable.
>
> - Could the clamping screws be modified so that there is a piece of
> somthing like rubber between the lock and the aluminum rail?
>
> - You could rough up the aluminum rail as you suggested, but that might
> also make it too small for the blocks to clamp onto it tight.
>
> - Coating with something having a high coefficient of sliding friction
> also seems reasonable.
>
> - Is there any oil on the slide or clamping blocks? How about cleaning
> them to see if that helps?
>
>- Wayde
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>
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