Cool idea using the guitar string adjusters. It will be interesting to see how well they hold up over the years.
I always thought using stacked hacksaw blades would make a nice torsion bar setup. The blades would fit nicely into 1/2" drive sprockets giving an easy means to attach the blades to the suspension on one side and the hull on the other. Steve Tyng On Apr 5, 7:43 am, Ben Holko <[email protected]> wrote: > In the M113 I am using bass guitar machine heads for torsion bar mounting. I > have modified the machine head by drilling out the shaft to 6mm for a 6mm > torsion bar, then drilled and tapped to 4mm for a high-tensile cross-bolt > which will screw down onto a flat which is ground down on the end of the > torsion bar. > > Next I cut off the elephant ear tuner and cut a flat-screwdriver adjustment > slot. This will provide for fully adjustable torsion bar suspension. The > swing-arm end of the torsion bar will be mounted in a joining collar which is > 12mm on one end and 6mm on the other end, again with a ground-flat and > set-screw arrangement. Credit for the idea of using machine heads for > adjustable suspension goes to George M. The machine heads come from ebay. > > 6mm drilled out and 4mm set screw > > [cid:[email protected]] > > [cid:[email protected]] > > Heads ready for modifying > > [cid:[email protected]] > > 10 completed, modified machine heads! > > [cid:[email protected]] > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, 4 April 2010 10:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TANKS] mounting torsion bars > > for those with 1/4" torsion bars, how did you mount the torsion bars to the > underside of the tank but allow them to pivot freely on the one end? > > I think i'm going to have the guy around the corner wield small 1/8" flat > stock to the sides of the one end with holes in them, this way i can bolt > through the tabs into the bottom of the hull to hold them securely so they > don't slip, it's just the other end i am wondering about as i know they have > to be held in place, but still be able to pivot / twist when the road wheel / > arm moves. > > Chris, > Odyssey Slipways<http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html> > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Visit the group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > > image009.jpg > 174KViewDownload > > image010.jpg > 153KViewDownload > > image011.jpg > 308KViewDownload > > image012.jpg > 292KViewDownload -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
