Tracks not meshing properly
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:05 pm
Hello, I’m hoping you fine folks will be able to help me as I’ve been searching through the forum to try and find a solution but have been unable to.
The short of it is my Tiger 1’s tracks are having trouble meshing with the sprocket, resulting in the track bunching back up along the sprocket before the first road wheels. This contributes to a jerky motion on the tank as it moves. You can see it in the video below. The other side doesn’t mesh perfectly either but its far worse on the left side of the tank.
I’ve had to run the tracks much looser than I’d like because it has allowed the tank to run as smooth as possible, whereas if I run the tracks tighter it results in jerky movement and a loud clicking from the tracks and sprocket. In my head this is obviously a problem with the sprocket and possibly the rest of the running gear. The problem is as you can see if you look at the thread with a build log of my tank, is that it’s a bit of a mish mash of old stuff. I’ve dug through emails to find order receipts to determine what these are as best I can.
• Asiatam lower metal hull for Heng Long Tiger – bought 2010.
• Metal road wheels upgrade set – bought as a bundle with the hull 2010.
• Improved metal gearboxes for Heng Long Tiger – bought 2010.
• Taigen metal sprockets Tiger 1 late – bought 2018.
• Taigen metal tracks for Tiger 1 late – bought 2023.
Its worth mentioning as well that I’ve got a set of metal sprockets from 2010 that are listed as for Heng Long but look exactly the same as the Taigen late ones, and a set of early Tiger 1 Heng Long metal tracks which look quite different to the Taigen ones. I’ve tried swapping these bits out and it hasn’t helped.
The motor shafts look to be running true but once the sprocket is attached it is rotating slightly off centre as you might be able to see below, so I’m hoping folks might have an idea of how to sort this out.
Really hoping someone can help me as this is driving me mad, thank you to everyone in advance.
The short of it is my Tiger 1’s tracks are having trouble meshing with the sprocket, resulting in the track bunching back up along the sprocket before the first road wheels. This contributes to a jerky motion on the tank as it moves. You can see it in the video below. The other side doesn’t mesh perfectly either but its far worse on the left side of the tank.
I’ve had to run the tracks much looser than I’d like because it has allowed the tank to run as smooth as possible, whereas if I run the tracks tighter it results in jerky movement and a loud clicking from the tracks and sprocket. In my head this is obviously a problem with the sprocket and possibly the rest of the running gear. The problem is as you can see if you look at the thread with a build log of my tank, is that it’s a bit of a mish mash of old stuff. I’ve dug through emails to find order receipts to determine what these are as best I can.
• Asiatam lower metal hull for Heng Long Tiger – bought 2010.
• Metal road wheels upgrade set – bought as a bundle with the hull 2010.
• Improved metal gearboxes for Heng Long Tiger – bought 2010.
• Taigen metal sprockets Tiger 1 late – bought 2018.
• Taigen metal tracks for Tiger 1 late – bought 2023.
Its worth mentioning as well that I’ve got a set of metal sprockets from 2010 that are listed as for Heng Long but look exactly the same as the Taigen late ones, and a set of early Tiger 1 Heng Long metal tracks which look quite different to the Taigen ones. I’ve tried swapping these bits out and it hasn’t helped.
The motor shafts look to be running true but once the sprocket is attached it is rotating slightly off centre as you might be able to see below, so I’m hoping folks might have an idea of how to sort this out.
Really hoping someone can help me as this is driving me mad, thank you to everyone in advance.