Mystery wheels

[David Herbert]

Originally Posted by Glen Plumridge

Sat the track section on a low temp fire and then worked over it with hammer once cool. This got all of the seized links moving and allowed the pins to be punched out.

Glen,
The trouble with doing this is that it is likely to make the material of the links very brittle. That does depend on what they are made of and I do not know the metallurgy of LP track but most tank/carrier track that I have worked with is fit for display only if it has been heated. If you break a track at speed you nave absolutely no control of what happens next.

A much better way is to submerge it in a bath of molasses for a few weeks. As this is a very slow process it will gradually eat the rust from inside the hinge joints in a way that a faster chemical process won't. It will do no harm at all and is cheap if smelly. A plastic 'wheelie' type garbage bin is ideal as a tank as you can get a reasonable length in and it has a lid to keep the smell in and vermin out. There are various threads about this on the forum.

David