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I've got 13 Peco N scale medium turnouts on my N scale layout and keep running into cam/spring failures after approximately 2 years of use? It's really aggravating to have to unsolder the rail joiners and re-install a new turnout each time the darned cam wire (spring for lack of a better term) comes loose out of it's pocket. To date I've never found a way to reseat the little guy so I always end up having to replace the whole assembly?!! I use the peco remote machines to switch them and they're hanging in there fine with no replacement at all after 6 years of continuous use but the points on the failing turnouts of course aren't fully closed so I end up losing electrical contact. Even though I'm seriously considering hard wiring each turnout through a SPST switch (to ensure good electrical contact ALL the time) I'm still stuck with the un-reliability of the cam spring???? Any ideas out there or should I just switch over to ATLAS code 80's and swallow my pride (which I don't even know if they're compatable??)
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