Asiatam HL Tiger Build

[BobEngland]

Hi Guys
I have just fitted an Asiatam hull and late pattern metal road wheels to my metal upgraded HL tiger 1. No problem there. The thing is when I went to put on the metal HL track the inner paired centre wheels were too wide and would not fit in between the guides, and the outer wheels were too narrow! Any body had this before, if so what is the best way forward
A. New impact track or other recommended?
B. Shimmy the narrow wheels and file the mating surfaces on the wider inner centre wheels?
C. Another route?

Any advice would be welcome

Cheers in advance

Bob

[Yellowshaker]

I have the same set-up on my HL Tiger 1. had the same issue. I had to file the inside on the road wheels to get enough clearance to stop the binding. It took a lot of time, but the results were great. Take your time and make sure that each wheel can turn completely without any binding. Mine runs great now. Hope this helps you.

[BobEngland]

Thanks for that Yelloshaker. I had feeling that was the way to go. Thats my job for tonight sorted out.

Regards

Bob

[Yellowshaker]

Anytime brother. I am trying to figure out a problem with my PzIII. Tank pulls and I changed everything in it to try to fix it...no luck yet....sigh

[BobEngland]

All sorted, took a couple of hours but it looks and works great! I filed the mating surfaces to the middle wheels and put a very thin washer in-between to mating surfaces on the outer wheels. The next thing that had to be done was to have the axles recessed into the suspension arm by 1-2mm. This allows the chain teeth/guides to run either side of the middle wheels and not to have them forced apart at the bottom. I will look at getting some axels 2mm longer so they sit fully into suspension arm which will stop any stressing on the end of the arm.
I will take some pictures over the weekend and post them.

Next thing for me is drive shaft guides (tank now v heavy) and fabricate a metal platform to house the battery and electrical gubbins. the plastic one with the Asiatam hull works well but covers the torsion bars so you cant see them.
The IT lads at work have given me a fan from a laptop for cooling and a charging socket which I will mount somewhere at the rear to save stripping the hulls when it needs some juice.

Regards

Bob

[Yellowshaker]

I'm glad it all worked out for you brother! f you don't mind my advice, I would not charge the battery in the tank as it could be dangerouos. If the battery explodes you will have a hell of a mess and maybe damage beyond repair to the tank and electroincs. Just some friendly advice. I am running 3 batteries in my Tiger 1 and I have had a battery explode while charging. (not in the tank) . It's not a pretty site though.

[Saxondog]

Hello Bob,I purchased this hull last year and the plastic component tray works well for me,is their a reason why you don't want to cover the torsion springs? I ground off the front mounting post and mounted a raised double fan cooled RX-18 UNIT,MY tiger is between 22-24lb.But the RX-18 has never over heated due to the raised mounting and both fans.I just don't see the advantage to replacing the tray? Would you share your idea? I will include a picture of the fan mod in case you might find it useful.Cheers Blake

[BobEngland]

Thanks for that guys, good point on the batteries. I will scrap the idea of the onboard charger. Great pictures of the faned unit. I was going to put the fan on the top of the unit with slats cut out in the bottom, along with the unit raised up of the deck.
I wanted to make a smaller bespoke deck instead of the plastic one as there are some good details with the linkages and I did not want to cover them up and not see them again.
I have attached a picture of the axels set back into the suspension arms as need to make the tracks fit. I have since ordered a set of longer ones from WDM this morning.

Thanks for your help.