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| Subject: | Torsion bars. |  |
| Date: | Jun 10, 2006 |
| From: | Steve C | |
Hi Robert,
Looks good and the tank will have no aggravation traveling at high speed!
How did you do them? Did you do it like this pic below (Japanese motorized Tiger)?
How did you do the rear idlers? I found that running a tube across the rear, from side to side, and putting two long shafts into the swing arms which then had two locking bolts hold them in the tube at the correct position gave me great track tension. I’ve seen other ways to do it but I felt that if a track tried to jump the drive sprocket this could wreck the idler hull mounts. I also added 3 plastic track pins and replaced them from time to time as sacrificial weak points incase things got too tight :). If you’ve got more pics or tips I’d for one would be very interested in see how you get/got on :).
Regards Steve |
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