Re: Wheel shafts.

[Joe Sommer <anvilus9-at-adelphia.net>]

Steve,

At 04:40 PM 11/6/2003 +1100, "steve butchart" <stue-at-netspace.net.au> wrote:
>I am going to trial skate bearings on the bogie wheels ...
>
>Anyway the shaft diameter these bearings take are 8mm (dunno what what that
>is in inches ...

I use four scooter wheels, each with two standard 608 bearings
(8mm ID, 22 mm OD), carried on a 5/16 shaft for the tension idler
on Hetzer #T010.  The wheels and the bearings work great.

You can get 50 of these bearings for $2 on Ebay
New 50 ABEC-1 InLine / Skateboard Bearings NR  Item number: 3635395837

Sometimes skate/scooter wheels come with bearings on Ebay.

I will either use 76 mm skate wheels with these bearings
or 3 inch polypropylene wheels for the road wheels on my
new M1A1.

Joe "Metric rules" Sommer


>close to a 3rd of an inch i think) so ill see how they go. No
>wet pasta hopfully
>
>I am going to post pictures of the bogies, a suspention system that almost
>copies the origional pz IV suspention and patterns for building the Pz 4
>(hull only at this point) in any scale sunday night.
>
>Steve of Oz
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Aahz." <erickkilmer-at-comcast.net>
>To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
>Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 2:38 PM
>Subject: Wheel shafts.
>
>
> > What diameter shaft is good for road wheels and drive wheels? I was
> > thinking it would be nice if I could use Roller Skate bearings in my road
> > wheels but I believe that means I would use a 9/16th shaft. Will that work
> > or will a 100+ lb tank bend them like so much wet pasta?
> >
> > Aahz.
> >

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