Taigen Track tensioner bar

[AshMann]

When i took apart my taigen tiger to replace the idler arm, i noticed that one of the small squares on the track tensioner was cracked and had a chunk of it missing. I'm wondering if i could still use it as is or if its unusable now, and where i can get a replacement.

[Guido Henn]

Hello,

I do not want to place any promotion for my work here, but these Taigen miracle components are cheap copies of bad Tamiya components.
I recommend replacing the whole tensionbar, then you have peace of mind with it and can concentrate on other components.

Please look in the link, good it is all written in German, but the photos are more important than words.

http://www.rc-panzerketten-forum.com/wb ... adid=35641


Greetings Guido

[AshMann]

Hello,

I do not want to place any promotion for my work here, but these Taigen miracle components are cheap copies of bad Tamiya components.
I recommend replacing the whole tensionbar, then you have peace of mind with it and can concentrate on other components.

Please look in the link, good it is all written in German, but the photos are more important than words.

http://www.rc-panzerketten-forum.com/wb ... adid=35641


Greetings Guido

I clicked the link and i cant view the thread, says i need to have an account, and Registering is disabled right now. Sorry

[Ad Lav]

http://etoarmor.com/?product=henntec-id ... and-taigen

You can buy one from eto in the USA.

[AshMann]

http://etoarmor.com/?product=henntec-id ... and-taigen

You can buy one from eto in the USA.

It looks lightly different from the one my tank had, could that one be installed without any changes?

[Guido Henn]

The forum was closed because of privacy, I had forgotten.

Now I try to insert the whole topic, let's see if it works:
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Hallo,

viele haben gedacht das mit der neuen Metallwanne weniger Probleme im Bereich des Kettenspanners auftreten.

Schaut euch mal die beiden Fotos an,der Panzer ist noch nicht viel bewegt worden.





mal sehen was ich da zur Abhilfe anbieten kann.
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Hallo Guido,

was erwartest Du denn von einer billigen Tamiya Kopie?

Selbst der original Tamiya Kettenspanner taugt doch nur für die Tonne, hier mal ein Foto vom Kettenspanner aus meinem Tamiya Jagdpanther, total krumm, obwohl nur wenig gefahren:



Mittlerweile habe ich den Tamiya Jagdpanther auf HennTec Spanner umgebaut und diese verrichten nun problemlos ihren Dienst.

Gruß Michael
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Hallo,

tja was soll ich berichten......die Taigen Wanne ist nichts anderes als die Asiatam Metallwanne,selbst die Bohrungen für den alten Kettenspanner sind vorhanden.

Daraus ergibt sich das der HennTEC-Kettenspanner Art.Nr. 012 auch in diese Wanne passt.










Gruß,Guido
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Hallo,

so der Panzer ist wieder fahrbereit,hier ein kurzes Video.


klick



Auf Gras läuft er ordentlich,wenn man bedenkt das es eine Unterwanne ohne große Modifikationen ist. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Gruß,Guido
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Gruß,Guido

@ Ashmann: if you give me an e-mail address, I could send you the installation instructions as PDF.


Best regards, Guido

[Jussek]

hi guys

in my words here is not any intention to trash the work of Guido, but i've to say that for my cats it worked better the taigen/tamiya system that the hentec one, not for a better design, but for a big issue i had that caused the hentec to be useless:

under high loads the grub screw 'ate' the grooves of the idler wheel axle, rendering the system useless. It happened in a few weeks,so the item was almost new.

i attach a pic

as i said, i've no intention of speak badly about hentec, Guido, df not be angry with me mate!

best regards

[Max-U52]

Hey, Ashman, I like the henntec system myself, and have it in a couple of my tanks, but if you don't want to spend the money I have the part that you need. I could probably put it in a padded mailer and send it to you at no charge. If I have to put it in a flat rate box it would cost you 8 bucks for postage. Of course, the hardest part will be finding it. I'll look around when I get home from work and if I can dig it out we're all set. Just let me know if you're interested.

[RenoirLV]

under high loads the grub screw 'ate' the grooves of the idler wheel axle, rendering the system useless. It happened in a few weeks,so the item was almost new.

I noticed it too. It is sad. As a temporary solution you can switch sides. Then the unspoiled part would face the grub screw. Or perhaps try a different grub screw if they come any different.


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[Max-U52]

under high loads the grub screw 'ate' the grooves of the idler wheel axle, rendering the system useless. It happened in a few weeks,so the item was almost new.

Is that an older model? I thought I heard the newer ones have a hardened axle and a cone point set-screw to fix that problem.