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Ok..so my next King Tiger Metal track question...

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 9:04 am
by MPFIEND
Hi,

Can you tell which metal tracks you use with your Tamiya King Tigers and, what modifications do they require?

Best Regards

Keith.

Re: Ok..so my next King Tiger Metal track question...

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:16 am
by GMV
I got tracks from Impact for my KT (Late 18T style) and JT (stock 9T). They are very strong and durable and very heavy (about 8-900gram each).
What you need to uppgrade is the stock track tensioner system.

Re: Ok..so my next King Tiger Metal track question...

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 11:04 am
by tankman
Metal tracks also place a lot of strain on the gearboxes if you run on grass so I would recomend adding bushings or bearings to support the drive shafts .
Alan

Re: Ok..so my next King Tiger Metal track question...

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:47 pm
by lister fiend
hi keith.
i bought a metal track kit for my kt.
they weigh a ton & the idlers are like little hand grenades.
i have a henntec rear axle fitted & the weight of the idlers is too much for them.
so i went back to plastic tracks :/
cheers
micky

Re: Ok..so my next King Tiger Metal track question...

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 1:28 pm
by tomhugill
I run impact and kennykong tracks on my king tigers. They both have the schumo idler arm support upgrade. Works fine. I found the tamiya plastic tracks to be very weak.

Re: Ok..so my next King Tiger Metal track question...

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:23 pm
by lister fiend
oh, sorry forgot to mention.
mine is a henglong kt

Re: Ok..so my next King Tiger Metal track question...

Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 6:32 pm
by MPFIEND
Ok, thank you Gentlemen, for the replies, it seems like this is the question I should have asked first.

So the way to go is impact tracks with modified idlers and tensioner assembly.

I will proceed with the build using the plastic tracks for testing then at a later date I'll update to metal.

Thanks again Chaps.

Best Regards

Keith.