Noisy turret fix

[tankme]

I’m new to working on the inside of these tanks and noticed I’m experiencing this very problem. Exactly where is the motor's worm gear! Is it inside the smaller black box that turns the large gears on the turret?
Thanks

Yes, I personally would remove the turret rotation box from the tank to work on it. Then there are usually two small tabs on the sides that hold the two halves of the turret gearbox together.

[Duca]

Thanks for getting back to me. I’ll check it out and see what I can do

Duca

[Herr Dr. Professor]

Well, Duca, don't try what I did. I was putting a new motor with worm gear in the gun elevation gearbox of an old plastic Mato M4A1. As I was soldering in the replacement motor, a gnat flew right at my eye. By automatic reflex, I tried slapping at it. Then I had to reassemble the gears, too.

[thestig]

Hi Duca.

I used the term “worm” in my original post. I was referring to the pinion gear on the motor’s shaft. Sorry for the confusion.

the stig