Washers For Technic Axles

[Jeffinslaw]

Hey guys,

I am looking for some washers to fit on technic axles to help with some very marginal space issues. I'd like them to be roughly the dimensions of the 1/2 bushings. Anyone have any links or suggestions?

Thanks, Jeffinslaw

[sed6]

ACE hardware carries a good stock of nylon washers. The ID and thickness will work for you but the OD is definately bigger than the OD of a technic bushing. Perhaps you can cut them down. A well stocked hobby store will also have plastic washers. They are used for RC cars bodies, on servos and RC airplanes.

[Jeffinslaw]

  On 4/4/2018 at 10:43 PM, sed6 said:

ACE hardware carries a good stock of nylon washers. The ID and thickness will work for you but the OD is definately bigger than the OD of a technic bushing. Perhaps you can cut them down. A well stocked hobby store will also have plastic washers. They are used for RC cars bodies, on servos and RC airplanes.

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ACE was my first stop. Found some that were really close to being perfect. ID and thickness were great but OD was about 2mm too big.

-Jeffinslaw

[sed6]

Chuck them in a drill or Drexel tool and sand them down? Or use a technic bushing to trim them with a knife?

[coaster]

Try these:

https://www.mcmaster.com/#95630a241

[Jeffinslaw]

  On 4/5/2018 at 12:25 AM, sed6 said:

Chuck them in a drill or Drexel tool and sand them down? Or use a technic bushing to trim them with a knife?

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Wouldn't work quite well since they are metal 

  On 4/5/2018 at 7:26 PM, coaster said:

Try these:

https://www.mcmaster.com/#95630a241

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Will have to get some of those and try them out! Thanks for the link.

-Jeffinslaw

[jamesed_1971]

There is these guys at

http://www.modelfixings.co.uk/washers.htm

They sell nylon washers which can fit over a Lego Technic Axle and they dispatch worldwide

I use the M5 nylon washers which the inside diameter is 5.3 mm, the outside diameter is 11 mm and the thickness is 1 mm

I have used over twenty of them in my 16mm scale Lego Lady Anne narrow gauge steam locomotive, I had to use the nylon washers to set the wheels to 32 mm gauge track.

 

Th

There are 3 nylon washers between the Big Ben XL Train Wheels and the Technic Brick 1x2 with hole, and two between the were driving wheels

Edited April 27, 2018 by jamesed_1971
adding some text I forgot

[ALCO]

@zephyr1934's Bricklink store sells  what I think you might be looking for. He made them for drive-rods as spacers in the rods and valve-gear. I remember seeing them when I purchased some rods from him. They are 3D printed so they might have more friction than a nylon or metal washer.

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

You can cut a technic bush 1/2 in a technic bush 1/4

[zephyr1934]

I recently built a MOC with a non-standard gauge and needed washers to get the spacing right. I could use bushings and gaps to make it work without washers, but as soon as it gets nudged on the track or ??? it would lose the gauge. I just took a technic axle to the hardware store and found whatever standard washer fit on it. I think the ones I got were about 1mm thick. I don't remember the size off the top of my head, but I have the package downstairs if you have problems finding washers on your own.

Oh, and thanks for the shout out ALCO, though the washers I sell are intended to get the spacing precise for valve gear bars.