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Originally Posted by Luke R
They are very close dimensions to that of idlers of Lee,Grant,Sherman chassis, so are they a rarer style of idler wheel in the fairly large collection to suit these tanks.
Or is it just a fluke that the dimensions are so close and they have nothing to do with tanks at all?
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Luke,
The idler wheel on M3 and M4 series Medium tanks did not have a rubber rim:
The road (or: bogie) wheels did, but I have never seen that style now on Ebay on Lee/Grant/Sherman before.
I suspect the ones on Ebay were for another application - note that solid rubber wheels were not only/specifically designed and manufactured for use on tanks!
HTH,
Hanno