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Brianlee
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Posted: Friday, March 30, 2018 - 02:01 PM UTC
I noticed on the Tamiya kit, after I positioned the idler tensioners as noted in the instructions, the left side Idler seems a tad lower that the other sides' idler.

I'm assuming they could have been at different tensions, but is this normal or should I just readjust the tension to raise right idler to the next 'notch"?

Just want to make sure its correct
m4sherman
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Posted: Friday, March 30, 2018 - 11:05 PM UTC

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I noticed on the Tamiya kit, after I positioned the idler tensioners as noted in the instructions, the left side Idler seems a tad lower that the other sides' idler.

I'm assuming they could have been at different tensions, but is this normal or should I just readjust the tension to raise right idler to the next 'notch"?

Just want to make sure its correct


You will be correct either way. I try to keep them at the same position, that way the tracks will have the same fit.

It has been a while since I built a Tamiya E8, but I think the position was a bit unclear. The E8 idler mounts are the same for left and right, with the right flipped 180. I think that is where the position problem comes up.
RLlockie
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Posted: Saturday, March 31, 2018 - 04:43 AM UTC
Although it is VVSS, at one time (and possibly still now) one of Bovington’s exhibits (M3 Medium, I think) had one idler in the high position and one in the low. Track tension was presumably the same but it did look odd from the rear.
KurtLaughlin
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Posted: Sunday, April 01, 2018 - 04:03 AM UTC

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I noticed on the Tamiya kit, after I positioned the idler tensioners as noted in the instructions, the left side Idler seems a tad lower that the other sides' idler.


Are you talking about the idler wheel or the idler bracket?

KL
Brianlee
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Posted: Sunday, April 01, 2018 - 09:21 AM UTC
I meant the idler wheel - I ended up just setting the them exactly where Tamiya says in the diagram.
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