Stripped Gear Box

Private Posts : 20 Join date : 2013-12-07

Anyone in the K-W area have a gear box for sale for a tiger.......found some stripped teeth on mine.
Stock or upgrade.....let me know.
Thanks

Subject: Re: Stripped Gear Box Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:40 pm

I will have one shortly. When do you need it ? My replacement is just waiting to be put in and would like to sell the stock one.

MikeC

Private Posts : 20 Join date : 2013-12-07

When ever you have it Mike......P.M me with cost and where I can pick it up if your in town.
Thanks

Subject: Re: Stripped Gear Box Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:15 pm

I'm acualy going to try and set up my gear cutting tool on my mill and se if I can cut that small of a gear ...I don't know if I can due to the pitch and diameter the gear assembly's we buy are cast ..that's ok forged is better ...but machined from billet steel would be awesome

Subject: Re: Stripped Gear Box Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:22 am

TRMN8ED what type of gearbox did you strip out anyway? The grey-metal Heng Long style?

Replacement steel gears for the HengLong gearboxes would be useful.

...heck if you want to be really creative you can adjust the relative ratio between gears and have speeds set per individual tank :O

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Tiger I - Panzer III - Panzer IV - Chi Nu Kai - Panther G - KV-1b 756(r)
M4A3(76) Sherman - T-34/85 - M3 Grant

Private Posts : 20 Join date : 2013-12-07

@ STRATO......the stock gear box that came in the tank.....but only the left side. Not sure why this happened. I took the right side out and it seems fine.
Did some reading on line last night and saw that some had same issue. Possible mis-alligned gear or not seated correctly. IDK Was just gald to find out it wasnt only me.
Would definatly like to upgrade to something a little more sturdy.....and I would also like to slow the tank down so its easier on the entire drive train.

Subject: Re: Stripped Gear Box Wed Feb 19, 2014 4:42 am

The Taigen 4:1 steel gears are a perfect match for a Tiger; you'll slow it down nice and they're very robust.

Not sure if Curtis has them yet.. but Taigen might soon, and other vendors already do. Welsh Dragon Models (UK), rctank.de (Germany), or tank army in Australia.

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Tiger I - Panzer III - Panzer IV - Chi Nu Kai - Panther G - KV-1b 756(r)
M4A3(76) Sherman - T-34/85 - M3 Grant

Private Posts : 20 Join date : 2013-12-07

Thanks for the info. I have ordered a set of steel gears from Curtis, definatly looking at slowing the tank down. Also in talking to some others I was not aware that there was a break in period for the stock gears......good to know.
Thanks for all the help gents..... Aye Aye

Subject: Re: Stripped Gear Box Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:06 pm

I wish some company came up with double herring bone gears for the Sherman that would be realy cool