Carrera Go Mechanical Lane Changers Mod

[Blacktop Disciple]

Hello everybody. So I had my mate around to test out Govanhill International Raceway (http://homeracingworld.us/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4981) and came to the conclusion it a bit too technical for good racing. Too many crossovers, lanechangers and chicanes disrupting the flow. So Im going to get rid of the crossover curve and put in a standard curve, a straightforward change. But I need some advise re the lane changers. At the moment they change automatically everytime a car passes over them. So one lap is on the shorter circuit and one on the longer circuit. Id like to stop them changing automatically and just change when I flip the changing gate. The only way I can see to do this is to get rid of the forks that the guide hits (thereby changing the gates position). It looks a straightforward job to cut this out but I just wanted to check with you guys if there are any pitfalls in doing this. Many thanks for your help. Here are some pictures of the lane changers, you can just see the fork in the first photo;

[Cjent]

There is a tutorial around here somewhere for just that. I will look for it also. :D

[Blacktop Disciple]

Thanks Cjent. Ive had a search and cant find anything. Ill search the wider web and if I find anything Ill post it here.

[Blacktop Disciple]

So I found nothing on the net and decided to have a go at modifying the changers so that they dont change automatically. Took the track up, turned it over and prised off the cover. Here is what I found;



You can see the tab that is actuated by the slot car guide and the changing mechanism that switches the gate. So I took the tab off and was left with this;



The changing mechanism is left intact and because it has two spring loaded positions the gate can still be moved with a nice positive click. The removed tabs look like this;



Put the cover back on and refit track. I now have a choice of two different circuits without automatic changing. Hope this helps other folks.

[Cjent]

That's the way to do it, alright! Congrats!