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Perfect,Thank-you this is the same type of control arm tensioner that my tiger has,the difference and it's a big difference your link arms bolt on then attach to the spring,this seems to give you some adjustment,where you have that levering bar that bolts on I have a bolt threaded into the control rod,this attaches to a spring anchored to the guide bars in the bottom of my hull,I can copy your assembly and improve my ability to adjust spring tension,thank-you very much for the pictures,you have solved a major problem for me In the pictures you can also see where the fork lift that killed my tracks and sprocket also bent the control arms on two wheels.Blake

the link arms look like they are welded to the shaft. Wouldn't that make it more difficult to adjust?

I did not notice that,seems odd to manufacture a part with a threaded presure bolt and then to weld it to the shaft?

They are welded to the shaft but the end of the shaft is not splined it’s smooth so the shaft would probably slip you have to remember that there have been quite a few of the built and the Russians have worked out the correct angle so all tanks leaving the workshop will sit at the correct height, time spent now strengthening the chassis will pay off in the future 

I have been working on these parts for a while these are the end caps for the road wheels they are entirely scratch built apart from the turned down centre bolts, the two bolts above are 10ba and the brass locking plates are scratch built

Nice work,The control arms axles are threaded and the end cap secures the wheels to the axles,what type of bearing/bushing are used on the wheels?I am considering boston bronze bushings in stead of bearings on the wheels so I am interested which you are using.Blake

Hi Rivet,
I'm really enjoying your build! The detail your going to is awesome. Do you have any more details on casting number locations? I noticed the ones you added to the snorkel cover and its baseplate, do you know the locations of any more and there numbering schemes? I'd love to add them to my Tiger.
Cheers,
Rik