How to flatten your Scalextric track

Scalextric track has a tendency to bend or warp over time.  This may have many causes among which are people stepping on the track laid on the floor and perhaps the way that the classic track clips together doesn’t help.



Warped tracked works well enough but can give your Scalextric cars a very bumpy ride, especially down the long straight.  Also, the newer Scalextric cars will struggle as they are far more likely to ground out on a bumpy Scalextric track layout.

The answer is to shape the Scalextric track pieces back to level.  To do this simply reverse the bend in the track a little at a time and a bend at a time until the track is visibly flat again.

The most common problem then is that the vertical sides of the steel track rail bend outwards and block the slot in the track.  This is remedied by pushing the bulge back out of the way with a flat blade screwdriver.  There you have it, flat, level Scalextric track that works for new Scalextric cars as well as your older Scalextric cars.

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