Testride Tiger I/45 Late and season greetings.

[Gerrit Keeman]

Hallo to all,

For all Irontankers the best season greetings and a happy newyear 2013.
Here are the results too see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD4Mv8tN ... e=youtu.be

Kind regards Gerrit and Manfred.

[Maarten Schutjes]

Nice trial! I hope Manfred survived the ride..

[Luc De Weirdt]

Looks great, Gerrit!

[Steen Vøler]

Great video, hope the bridge survied

Greetings
Steen

[Gerrit Keeman]

Hallo to all,

Can anybody tell me wy the engine/gearboxes make more noise forewards and less noise backwards.
It sounds to me not good???

Kind regards Gerrit.

[Gerrit Keeman]

Great video, hope the bridge survied

Greetings
Steen

Hallo Steen,

yes the bridge has survied but is moved to a another place/Battlefield in Holland becuse I stoped with scale 1/16.
Thanks for the reaction.

Kind regards Gerrit.

[Gerrit Keeman]

Hallo to all again,

After a long period I'm back in good conditions.
My progess about the Tiger getting well.
But the right track is comming off the crownwheel and I don't no why.
Can somebody HELP me?
The tracks are build up whit 94 tracklinks.

Best regards Gerrit and Manfred.

[Ad Wouterse]

Hi guys,

Below the pictures of Gerrit's Tiger illustrating the problem with the righthand track/sprocket.

Frontview of the RH sprocket


Sideview of the RH sprocket


Sideview of the total LH side


Sideview of the total RH side


Any suggestions of the cause ?

[Christoffer Ahlfors]

I suggest chamfering the sides of the sprocket teeth. If they are already chamfered - chamfer some more. It will prevent the track from climbing. Also, make sure that the road wheels sit the same distance from the hull on both sides, since any error in mounting them will effectively steer the track to the side - oh, and the sprocket to hull distance too of course. Lastly, experiment with track tension. My experience is that too loose will make the sprocket skip, whereas too tight will make the track climb. Interesting phenomenon!

Good luck!

/Chris

[Ray Brown]

Hi Garrit,

I too have suffered the wrath of track on my T1. I noticed the left side higher than the right. I therefore will be stripping the tank down and re-calibrating road wheel angles and setting the hull level again.

Cheers Ray.

[Gerrit Keeman]

Hello Chris/Ray,

Tanks for thinking over the problem.
I will have a look and try again to repair it.
You can feel mIne frustrations about this problem.

Best regards Gerrit.

[Paul Morris]

Hi Gerrit.

Get the tank back into your workshop and get the tank jacked off the floor so the tracks are clear of the ground, now remove the sprocket caps and slacken off the taper lock bushes in the sprockets .. .. you will need to losen them off and then slightly tighten them back up .. .. now VERY SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY .... start to turn the tracks one at a time if you have the taper locks just right the motion of the track will make the bush self locate in the correct position or as near as dam it .... but you MUST DO THIS SLOWLY!
Once you have the taper locks set just about right you can tighten them down, but remember the tightening of the lock will move the sprocket slightly you must account for this in your final tighten up.
Hope tis helps, remember slowly does it!
Kind regards Paul.