Broken King Tiger metal tracks

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Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks

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HERMAN BIX wrote:really looks like the tracks suffered from debris causing load up on the pins, that are not full-eye and only the ends of the pin is retained in each link.
Try the glue, then look for full eye tracks.
Check they are not to tight as well.
If so, any extra crap will over stress any weak point.
What is the meaning full eye here?
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Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks

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NGKGTATT wrote:
HERMAN BIX wrote:really looks like the tracks suffered from debris causing load up on the pins, that are not full-eye and only the ends of the pin is retained in each link.
Try the glue, then look for full eye tracks.
Check they are not to tight as well.
If so, any extra crap will over stress any weak point.
What is the meaning full eye here?
I think he means what vendor's call closed pins. That means you can only see the pin cap, the rest of it its inside of the track link.

That kind of tracks are way better than the open pins ones like the ones you bought... So for the next time look for a closed pins ones.

You can always use this ones as an extra armor plates. Yeah, I now thats an expensive extra armor, but it happens...
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Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks

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this pic would show the 'hand rule' talking about the correct tension of the tracks

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Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks

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Jussek wrote:this pic would show the 'hand rule' talking about the correct tension of the tracks

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