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13-02-12, 02:17
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Re-tiring for Retirees
Guys,
I'm starting a new thread on re-tiring the Bren bogies. It would appear that I can get 22" OD x 8" wide x 16" ID (70+ Duro) used forklift tires from a local company for $10 each. I am going to have a machine shop strip the rubber off of a spare bogie and slightly turn down the rim to 16" leaving a very slight shoulder on one side. The machine shop is then going to press on the forklift tire, part it off to the correct width, turn the OD to 19" for the rear (20" for the middle/front) and then slightly chamfer the sides. We should have enough rubber/rim left to do another bogie from the same forklift tire. The machine shop is going to get started this week. I will keep my fingers crossed and will update everyone as soon as I see the results. If this works, I can get access to 20 to 30 of these tires per year at this price. Regards, Richard
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13-03-12, 23:27
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Hi Rich
just wonder how you made out with your retiring the carrier wheels with they withstand the speed
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14-03-12, 19:08
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One friend here and owner of the sole surviving Bren Carrier re-rubbered eight UC wheels recently. Here is a photo:
IMG_9450 11-03-2012 rsz.jpg And finally, one (maybe stupid  ) question I have to the bren carrier masters is: all the bearings of the wheels are the same? IMG_9453 rsz.jpg kostas
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15-03-12, 09:19
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no the front idlers are different (the inner bearing has a 50mm ID bearing) the rest are all 40mm ID bearings.....unless you make a shim then you can run on 50's
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16-03-12, 06:19
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Michael, Kostas, etc
The wheels all have the same bores. the inner front bearing mounts to a stub axle that is bigger in dia. (50mm) at the inner end. The outer end is 40mm. this is because of the loading as well as the front stub only being supported at the inner end, whereas the other axles are all supported at both ends.
So the o.d. of all bearings are the same. What Richard is saying is that the 50mm bore bearings are cheaper to buy. I think Kevin did the research and turned up spacers to enable the use of the 50mm bore bearings at all locations. The bearings are a standard metric 6000 series ball race. I think all are inter-changeable from the early bren through to the T16. There are some semi thrust bearings in some carriers, and some are fitted with bushes. The rule would be to use the same style of what ever type in each wheel assembly.
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Bluebell Carrier Armoured O.P. No1 Mk3 W. T84991 Carrier Bren No2.Mk.I. NewZealand Railways. NZR.6. Dodge WC55. 37mm Gun Motor Carriage M6 Jeep Mb #135668 So many questions....
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16-03-12, 08:50
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We have some LP wheels fitted with bushes. How many people are running wheels with bushes instead of bearings? Or does everyone use bearings?
Cheers.
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