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30-10-11, 05:32
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Videos look great.
Maybe just trying going back and forth on some hard ground. You may find that will help free up your tracks. If you still have links stuck try to limit tight turns as the track may not mesh properly. Id hate to see something get broken. I remember when I first got my carrier going all constructive work stopped on it until the rad blew apart on me (literaly) I then got to "work" on it again.
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30-10-11, 09:47
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Great comments from you all, thanks and glad you enjoyed seeing her run again. I certainly did. On of the problems with the frozen track links is that it makes for a very tight feeling as the tracks are not "flowing" around so to speak. This means that its got a lot of drag and unless you give it quite a bit of throttle it was wanting to slow up. Changing gear from 1st to 2nd was pretty much impossible as it lost inertia whilst you double de clutched. The issue with the brake seals is more of a worry, in the short term as I dont want the graphite grease compound to damage my brake shoes, but I fear they will. I didnt want to have to crack the tracks and remove the hubs again so soon. ah well, looks like I will have to . Kevin an infared heat gun sounds pretty high tech for me, but a great gadget. Did you use the same sort of gland material as me then? I knew mine were tight when I fitted them as the hub was pretty hard to turn but I figured that they would bed in. Richard, are you talking about the white coloured square section rope seal that I have seen in some shops for sale?
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30-10-11, 10:31
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That is the stuff, if you go in Kent Bearings in the Market, they have reels of it by the counter. Check out "PTFE packing" on google and you will see different types and sizes. Nothing wrong with a bit of space age technology in the old Carrier!
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30-10-11, 10:48
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I looked at that when I bought the black stuff, but they didnt have it in the correct size and I didnt like white! So far its cost me £120 in Physio appointments after putting those tracks on myself, now I have to do it all over again.
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30-10-11, 10:51
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30-10-11, 11:25
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Hi Andrew, The bearing keep/valve packing I used was 7/16" square, Its graphite lubricated, It does not spill out grease when it gets hot, it's nuclear grade and has a max temp of something like 450 dergrees C, 20 m/s speed and I was told it cost £150 a metre by my freindly storekeeper. I think it sounds as if your packings is too tight, On a universal carrier with the track removed, the hub should spin freely with very little effort to spin them, I would remove your hubs to check the seal and perhaps take a 'rasp file' to it to profile it down.
Like Jordan says, run the carrier on a hard surface to free the tracks. kevin.
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30-10-11, 11:42
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hi Kevin thanks for the intel. The gland material i used was tight when first fitted but I reasoned that it would have to be or else it was not going to do its job. Of course, I did not bank on it dumping graphite grease everywhere. Boring! Nothing else for it in my view but to get the hubs off again and put it right.
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22-03-12, 20:19
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As we had a superb bit of weather here in Kent today, I tool the opportunity to top coat the T16. Really pleased with the result, but as I am sure you all agree its very tricky to keep it looking nice and new when you are constantly crawling in and out of it. Not a great deal to do to finish it. I have to fit the fuel tanks, and finish the wiring. I am awaiting front side fenders and the rear tool box to be fabricated and then they can be fitted along with the rest of the side track guards. The devil is in the detail and I am not sure I will ever finish it completely but I suspect it will be pretty much done in the next 6 weeks. Hope you like the photos. Andrew
      
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