Mato Sherman Suspension bogie set on Heng Long Chassis?

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Re: Mato Sherman Suspension bogie set on Heng Long Chassis?

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Thanks Mick and Dave!

I now understand the design.

Mick, Picture of the Mato bogies attached in previous post.

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Son of a gun-ner wrote:They are detail parts. They have the same size hole as the chassis.

Mick.
Thanks Mick, that's kind of what I was thinking, they do not look like clips.

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Son of a gun-ner wrote:You're welcome Barry.
If you'd like, I can take a picture of the clip on the inside of the mato chassis in a few hours after I've done what's expected from me from the wife lol.

Mick.
That would be most kind of you!

Dave will be my source.

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Re: Mato Sherman Suspension bogie set on Heng Long Chassis?

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BarryC wrote:
MichaelC wrote:Barry, its pretty straight forward. You can get Mato metal bogies separately, and just require a little bit of sanding on the mount. The Heng Long bogies uses two mount posts on the chassis so you just need to cut them off. I use two part epoxy and never had any issues with them coming off or anything in lots of battles.The Mato bogies however are a little wider than the the Heng Long ones so you do have to run them in a little bit if you are using Heng Long tracks.

I did it because back then there was no metal option for Heng Long Sherman lower, and I like the Mato bogies much better.

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Thanks Michael, but like Mick I'm a little confused about how much metal must be removed given they are designed to fit through the hull as opposed to mounting external as the HL bogies.

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Barry
Sorry guys I am 6 hours behind and had to work early this morning. If I recall correctly, the "clips" is actually detail parts (which is already mentioned) and I didn't use the Mato ones. I left the same detail part on the Heng Long chassis and the sanding to the Mato bogies is to make sure there is a right angle to attached to the Heng Long chassis. Once you have a good bounding surface it was just straight two part epoxy.

The Mato bogies does not penetrate the lower hull at all. In fact looking at a Mato lower now I don't even know how it is attached. The loose ones from Dave does not come with any "mounting" hardware I don't believe. Maybe it is also two part epoxy ........ :'(
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Re: Mato Sherman Suspension bogie set on Heng Long Chassis?

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mato sherman base complete (2).JPG

if you look at the base in side you will see the clips held in with the 2 screws so you poke the mato suspension in the base slide the clip in and then use the 2 screws to hold clip on
the clips dont come with the metal wheel kit
also the 2 front sets of suspension have just the clips in no screw as the gearboxes hold them in
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Re: Mato Sherman Suspension bogie set on Heng Long Chassis?

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This appears to be a plastic lower with the metal bogies?
I've looked a few pictures of the metal lower with the bodies installed and there appears to be a single screw through the clip into the top of the bogie.
Maybe two different ways based on metal or plastic lower?

Either way I believe I can make them work. I will send an order your way Dave.

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Re: Mato Sherman Suspension bogie set on Heng Long Chassis?

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thanks barry got it
all the best dave
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