Sherman A4A2 diesel 2-3 shift problem

[Malcolm Towrie]

I'm a bit confused by the last few posts on steering. I have found that on-off application of the steering levers on our Shermans is more effective for turning on our soft deep dirt arena than steady application. Seems to me firm intermittent application of a steering brake is not a recipe for overheating of the bands and drum as little time is spent in the slipping mode. I can see that half-hearted application of the brake with band slipping certainly is, as Rob says.

Mind you, a factor here is that both our Shermans were down on power due to poor governor and throttle linkage set-up. Since we have significantly improved this problem on one Sherman, Bart, it has much more power and I'm told it will now happily steer around our heavy clay arena with steady steering brake application in 3rd gear!

Also the advice above to "short-shift" from 2-3 has dramatically improved shifting. Thanks!

Malcolm