Hi Doug,
Just curious, do you mean unserviceable when you write U\S or do
you mean that the link is made in the US?
Bruce
MVPA 23824
CUCV M1008
Douglas Greville wrote:
> Mark
>
> > > 63 required on the left and 64 on the right.
> >
> > Interesting. Can anybody explain why it was designed to need different
> > numbers of track pads on each side?
>
> It has something to do with the torsion bars causing the wheels to be
> staggered (if viewed from a datum point measured down the length of
> the vehicle). Although the L & R sprocket and L & R rear idler
> are at the same datums and thus the 1st through last road wheels
> on one side are slightly in front of their counterparts on the
> opposite side, it appears that this is of consequence and does not
> cancel out.
>
> When the tracks wear to the limit of the adjuster, you can remove a
> maximum of one link per side.
>
> Quick and easy way to tell track wear is to get a standard "BIC" biro
> and see if you can get the body of it to easily slide between the hinge
> of 2 links. If it bottoms out where the links join, then those 2 links
> are out of spec. What I mean is that you slide the biro into the outer
> "gap" of where the links join NOT in the middle of the joint (hinge).
> On an M113/548, basically if the biro goes all the way to where the
> casellated nut of the track pin is, then the link is U/S.
>
> Regards
> Doug
>
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