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Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:36 pm
by jarndice
If you look at the side of your Tank, The first wheel is in fact a Sprocket It looks like a gear and the tracks fit around the sprocket and into those gears,
Behind that are the road wheels and finally is the roller .
The track should after moving back towards the road wheels miss touching the first and 2nd road wheels and touch the top of the 3rd road wheel and then touch the other road wheels before wrapping itself around the roller and then coming back along the road surface and re-engaging with the front sprocket,
It is NOT like the T34 where the track is much straighter with a lot less slack from front wheel to rear wheel.
Shaun.
Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:45 pm
by HERMAN BIX
I had a track failure on my King Tiger at a club meet last weekend.
No real reason for it other than track pins worked out of place and that caused the track to derail over the drive sprocket.
A cure is to put a spot of super glue on the "fat" end of each pin, or, put a slight kink in each of them .
If the link blows out, then its material failure & time to get better tracks.
If running over real rough loose terrain, any debris, stones or track ingress can stress the pins and links.
Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:47 pm
by jarndice
It sounds like your dealer has sold you a poor quality product
And as to GUN BLUE-
It is an Acid used to turn shiny metal into the BLACK finish we see on tank tracks, and on pistols and rifles.
You dip the tracks into the liquid and leave it there for a short time and once it has changed colour you take the tracks out of the Gun Blue and wash it in clean water to get all the acid off,
Unfortunately some times the tracks are left in the Gun Blue for too long and the acid damages the metal.
I should say to anyone reading this that GUN BLUE should always be used with great care and do wear gloves and avoid breathing in the fumes, it is very hazardous
Shaun.
Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:52 pm
by NGKGTATT
HERMAN BIX wrote:I had a track failure on my King Tiger at a club meet last weekend.
No real reason for it other than track pins worked out of place and that caused the track to derail over the drive sprocket.
A cure is to put a spot of super glue on the "fat" end of each pin, or, put a slight kink in each of them .
If the link blows out, then its material failure & time to get better tracks.
If running over real rough loose terrain, any debris, stones or track ingress can stress the pins and links.
I will try this super glue option first, thanks a lot bro...
Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:57 pm
by NGKGTATT
jarndice wrote:It sounds like your dealer has sold you a poor quality product
And as to GUN BLUE-
It is an Acid used to turn shiny metal into the BLACK finish we see on tank tracks, and on pistols and rifles.
You dip the tracks into the liquid and leave it there for a short time and once it has changed colour you take the tracks out of the Gun Blue and wash it in clean water to get all the acid off,
Unfortunately some times the tracks are left in the Gun Blue for too long and the acid damages the metal.
I should say to anyone reading this that GUN BLUE should always be used with great care and do wear gloves and avoid breathing in the fumes, it is very hazardous
Shaun.
Will put some super glue on the tracks first and see what's gonna happen later bro,,,
Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:59 pm
by Rad_Schuhart
That's strange. Could you take some photos and tell us where you bought it?
Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 2:11 pm
by NGKGTATT
Rad_Schuhart wrote:That's strange. Could you take some photos and tell us where you bought it?
Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 2:15 pm
by NGKGTATT
Previously..
Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 2:17 pm
by NGKGTATT
Will try the the super glue next and see...
Re: Broken King Tiger metal tracks
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 2:36 pm
by HERMAN BIX
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.