High Q reduced ratio metal gearbox's King tiger.

[Wolftone]

Before fitting these units to a mattoro tiger 2 its (i have found) it's a good idea to remove 2 mm from the sproket end of the output shaft. If left as are the track runs out of true and causes vibration to loosen gears inside the units. It's a simple case of removing these shafts (two grub screws on each) then turning down on a lathe or if your good with a hacksaw & file, in a vice. The retaining screws for sprokets still fit as the threaded hole is plenty deep enough. Use threadlock on all the grubscrews & problem solved. If left as is you end up with spinning motors & no drive. Much like the origonal machine. That much realism i can do without...
Wolftone.

[oldfeller]

Hi Wolftone

I bought metal gears for my hl tiger 1, would this work on my gears.

Their with my Nephuw at the moment, " he's fixing my circuit board ",
so I can't look to see if there are any grub screws on mine, to do it.

Did you take any photos.

Gerwyn

[Wolftone]

Dont know about the Tiger 1 as yet. The simple way to check is just look along the track & if it bends outwards over the last 3 inch's or so it will need shortening. I will be uploading photo's in a few days. There are also two types of metal gearbox. The slim one which has grey metal gears or the one i have which are 1& half inch's wide and have brass gears. There is no problem with the slim one as i have these in a tiger 1.
Hope this helps. Wolftone.

[oldfeller]

Hi Wolftone
Thank you for your help, can't check them at the moment. I know their
white ( gray ? ) metal not brass, as Dave " Forgebear " said if I had the brass
ones I would have had to alter the base to take them.
Look forward to see'ing your photos.

Gerwyn

[Wolftone]

Hi there oldfeller. I thought about moving them on the base too. But it still was not enough clearance. I am running on metal tracks and sprockets and whether that makes the difference i don't know. Have lost (temporarily/in middle of packing house up for a move) camera to pc lead & haven't figured out how to upload to the site yet. Anyway, Hope all is going well with your own tiger. wolftone.

[oldfeller]

Hi Wolftone

Good luck with the packing and the move.
Hope you find the pc lead, I asked Saxondog how to down load
my photos.
Open up your photo that you want, right click on photo,then go into paint,
in paint click on " Image " the in drop down box click on " Resize ".
there two boxes which have 100 in, reduce these to 75, accept as chainged.
Hope it works, Saxondog did go into more detail than I have.

Have not heard from my Nephew yet, in Germany working last week and with a young
Family, " when he as the time he will do it for me ".

Gerwyn