Idler wheels
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:12 pm
Hi All,
Those of you who are reprofiling the idler wheels whilst removing the machining marks may find the images below useful? Dated May 1943 I believe it shows details of a possible 650mm diameter interim design. The key issue, which I assume was present on both the 700mm (early) and the 600mm (late) designs, is the fact that the rims were welded to webs on a cast hub. This means that the webs would be pretty much squared off with very little rounding of the edges.
The image were obtained from a trawl of the internet about 2 years ago and I think come from the archives of the French Tank Museum at Saumur.
Alastair
Those of you who are reprofiling the idler wheels whilst removing the machining marks may find the images below useful? Dated May 1943 I believe it shows details of a possible 650mm diameter interim design. The key issue, which I assume was present on both the 700mm (early) and the 600mm (late) designs, is the fact that the rims were welded to webs on a cast hub. This means that the webs would be pretty much squared off with very little rounding of the edges.
Alastair
