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Hi everyone well after putting metal tracks on the Tiger 1 and running it for a while it started playing up! would not go forward in a straight line just wanted to go to the side,yet when going in reverse it would go straight.
Had a look all round and the only thing that didn't seem right was the front right hand wheel looked like it was at the wrong angle so i checked the radial arm and it was different to the the left hand side i don't know if this is how its supposed to be so i took this pic and hopefully someone will give me the answer.

Thanks for your help Diesel

old chap wot wot
don't think your prob is with the stub more your track,s are they of same length? as daft as it may seem swap them over ,it seems you have a bind on one side on forward movement ,s are your sprockets something like square so to speak ? idlers ? all can make that annoying difference and is your axle in square on its stub ? you can do it ??? wot wot ..[don't suppose you have seen lord lucan ]

cannedheat thank you for you solution, will try it.Sorry i haven't seen lord lucan.

Regards Diesel

Hi Diesel,
If those pictures are taken with the suspension springs attached and just allowed to 'unwind' naturally then it looks like you have some different tensions in the springs ......
It might be causing the front to 'sag' on one side which could lead to the Tiger steering off to one side due to its underside dragging more on the ground. ( Like dragging one foot on the ground when you are on a toboggan going down-hill )
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If you don't have any 'spare springs' then You could change the two front springs with ones in the middle. This will stiffen up the front evenly and the weaker spring will be better 'hidden' in the middle.

Dietrich thank you for your input,i will go and buy a few new springs and try that.

Cheers Diesel