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i bought some heng long metal tracks for my tiger on ebay, when they arrived i was excited to get them on the tank, i had bought the metal gear boxes and metal arms and uprated springs and had fitted them all i just had the tracks to go, while i was measureing the tracks up one track slipped from the wheels and proceeded to carry on on hit the floor after bouncing of my shoe, when i picked the track up it was in two sections, on further inspection i found for links had broken at the hinge point and a small pile of metal bits on the floor, i orderd some more links from ebay which were different but managed to make them fit, while putting the tracks on the tank i broke three more links where the pin locks into, finally i managed to get the tracks on and tried the tiger in the garden, first running on grass then on to a tarmac path,when i had finished and put the tank on the work shop bench one track fell off in bits, i was furrious, after spending a lot of money i have now gone back to plastic tracks, has anyone else had a problem with the heng long metal tracks.

hi there you say heng long tracks i have the mato ones and have not had a problem with these at all what make is the ones you have thanks dave

Hi The only time I have seen this is if they have been dipped in vinegar to age them if its done wrong they corode and fall apart .


regards pete

i brought a h/l tiger with metal tracks from dave (forgebear) couple of years back, dipped in vinegar but not for too long, they had a hard life while i owned the tank, they were taken off the tanks so many times while i worked on it, never had any problems with them, i drove that tiger had through mud/water/sand ect never caused problems, you must off had a bad pair................ tip of the day........ buy some new ones from dave!
they wont let you down!

trev

Sounds like you got a cheap dodgy set were the metal is too britle and breaks easily I would contact who you bought them from and see if you can get a refund as they are not suitable fo the purpose they were intended for then get a good set off of Forgebear.
Stevie

i've sent a message to the seller and had no reply as yet , the seller owns a model shop too, i bought the tracks with metal gearboxes too and have removed them for now.

I have a pair of Matorro metal tracks on my tiger and no problem at all - I guess they come from the same mould as Heng Long. I think this might be a relatively isolated case of wrong alloy mix.

Mine lasted really well, but a loose pin snapped one of the retaining loops on one link at Weston, other than that they have been remarkably tough.

Some thing not right with this situation,you should be due a full refund.As far a buying from Dave that is never a bad thing,he's a tanker and very active on this forum.My tracks are over a year old and have never had a problem.Hope you get it sorted out. Blake

i agree

theres somting wrong with the set you have .. it maybe the metal has impurities in it

mine have lasted realy well ....

iain