6 pounder restoration
 

Gents, I'm currently restoring a 6 pdr anti tank gun, I want to ask if anyone has ever split the trailing arms before and removed from the axle assembly?, there is a flanged nut, item 32 in the attachéd picture, held in place by 3 locking grub screws, has anyone removed this before?, mine will rotate only about half an inch then it's stuck fast, I could apply lots of heat but wanted to ask first.

Thanks in advance Kevin.

Further picture attached.

let me know how it goes
 

Hi Kevin, I'm up to that part also. Have been procrastinating for a month or more. I would assume that it may need plenty of penetrating oil as its a pretty fine thread ( from memory ) let me know how sucessfull you are.

Lew

When you need the penetrating oil look up "Ed's Red" basically 50% acetone and 50% ATF

Thanks to Rob and Marc on here I've removed the flanged nut with a block of metal welded to it for purchase. I really need to get a manual?, anyone got one ?.

Kevin.

are any of these any use ?
http://www.robvanmeel.nl/?q=catalog/340&page=1

Would rather have an original.

Kevin.

Kevin,

The last original one on eBay sold for a whopping GBP 284. :blink:

Buy a repro for working on the gun and keep your eyes open for an original. They don't come up often so could take a while.

Cheers,

Marc, that's a whopping price for one........eeeeekkk!!!

Marc, I like your signature list of vehicles you own 😉, I might put my 1965 Aston Martin DB5 on mine and 1970 mark 1 Triumph Stag......many thanks for the pictures and info when I needed them mate, 😘

Looking at the gun pintle mount, I think at some stage during it's life since 1943 the guns saddle pintle had been removed before, as there is a other set of locking screw holes been drilled, perhaps when the guns left the Netherlands to the Israel army ?. It's most certainly been stripped before.

Kevin, yes its much more fun to have the original manuals.
I normally also try to find the original manuals, and then copy them so I can bring it to the work shop.
we need pictures of the Aston Martin... ;)

Was it the manual Marc ?Hi mate

Nope Shaun. It was the big manual, not the SATP one.

Ah ok I will have to dig in the big crate of manuals , I have the set some where ISPL as well .