My Sad Sprockets

[martyn]

Thort id seen them somwhere before couldnt rember if it was shauns or the old boy from gainsborough, yep carriers such a simple vehicle yet so confusing

[RichardT10829]

Stephen.. can you email me your email address (yes i heard it guys),...... hahaha. i have something for you buddy.

Cheers

Richie

[Lynn Eades]

Those sprockets would not have been original to your carrier. It has probably worn out both track and sprockets,

[RichardT10829]

i must agreee with Lynn. i have been through the parts and service books and there is no mention of the regular sprockets being superseeded by these... most likely they have come from the loyd or perhaps a vickers light tank ? / T16.....not a universal carrier though.....of course i am known for being incorrect...

[Lynn Eades]

There would be a lot more work and expense to produce them. Vickers light tank is a good thought.

[SDeMocko]

Guys,
I meant to take the paint off of the part numbers this last weekend so I could post them. There are definitely some stamped numbers on them. I will take some pics tonight. Lynn, I think your right about my worn out track but my lack of experience keeps me from telling if too warn out. Anyway I will probably "Run What I Brung" at the expense of the next set of sprockets. Actually you can tell by counting track links cant you? I forgot about that.
Stephen

[RichardT10829]

The general rule as i understand it is if the tracks are down to 160 links...its time to change them out....sprockets would be changed at this point.... I know people who run with less links and they dont have any issues..... the tracks tend to lean over when they are caput... if you look at the rear of the carrier square on (with the tracks on and correctly tensioned) you may see that the tracks lean in towards the diff...or the opposite way depending on what has been done with the tracks..

if i may offer my two penneth....i would run the tracks and sprockets you have to start with until you can find more new track or sprockets etc. i would be inclined not to put new sprockets onto old worn track as you will dessimate the sprocket and finish the track off even faster.

just an option buddy.....


Richie

[shaun]

Those are the same sprockets i have on my MK2 * - i have the same on one of my spare axles as well. Yours sprockets are not that worn, they came out of the factory with fairly narrow teethon that pattern sprocket. also the general rule is that one pair of sprockets will last two sets of tracks (im sure thats in one of the manuels as well)

[Marc van Aalderen]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

The general rule as i understand it is if the tracks are down to 160 links...its time to change them out....sprockets would be changed at this point.... I know people who run with less links and they dont have any issues..... the tracks tend to lean over when they are caput... if you look at the rear of the carrier square on (with the tracks on and correctly tensioned) you may see that the tracks lean in towards the diff...or the opposite way depending on what has been done with the tracks..

Richie

Hi Richard,
According to the manual you start with 168 links (8 pieces of standard 21 links) and a new sprocket. After a run in period of 50 to a 100 miles the teeth mesh properly with the track and you remove 1 link. After that you can remove 10 more links and the useful life of track and sprocket are over. So 157 is the lowest limit of links. My Mk2* still has 163 links in them and the tracks lean in to the hull on both sides. I think they always lean in. I noticed this on more Carriers if my memory is correct.

Cheers, Marc