ORIGINAL: sollie
milsurp53 ,you're tank wheels look solid, one straight line in post 18 on rcgroup. Do you have a couple of pic's from the 'idler wheel in the making' I got to do something about mine on the asiatam hull. One side keeps throwing the track, and that's got to be fixed now that I got the rest of the drivetrain up and runing.
What dia. axles are used for the asiatam hull. Do you have a photo of the axle/bushing? I use a 5mm bolt, but the metal idler wheel came with a 5mm shoulder bolt with 3mm? threads for plastic mountiing. To install the bearings in the idler, I removed the existing bushing, I then drilled a 5/16" hole (I don"t have any metric bits) in the inside wheel half, from the inside,
almost all the way through. I also enlarged the hole left slightly so the spacer used later wouldn't rub. I left a thin lip on the inside to keep the bearing from pushing all the way through. I then pressed two bearings into the wheel from the inside. I cut one of the original bushings in half to use as a spacer between the idler and arm/tub. I'll try to get photos later if this isn't clear. This made my idlers very solid but free spinning. It's also easy to adjust in/out as needed.