A few questions for the T16 experts out there.

[Jordan Baker]

Yes differing track speeds will cause a turn to the slower side. However track length also plays an important role. As Lynn says take the tracks off and lay them out flat. Count them and then count again to be sure. It could be simple as some track is more worn causing one to be slightly longer even with the same number of track links.

[charlie fitton]

Mk1* and MkII* manuals at hand - Carrier parked in my garage...tell me where this info is....

The number of links per side has no bearing on the Carriers' ability to drive straight.

Road camber might, but he's in canada so it would be opposite to his problem, and an adjustment in steering every 50 meters or so aint bad.

Your car wont even do that.

[colin jones]

Hi Jon, it might be a bit of a pain but you could remove the tracks and swap sides. If the carrier pulls to the other side then problem answered. If it makes no difference then you can eliminate the track. My money is on the track though. Before you take them off you could mark one link on either side while your carrier is on a flat road surface and mark the road as well then drive your carrier until the track mark goes a full revolution and mark the ground again and repeat 2 or 3 times. Then simply measure each distance and see if there is much discrepancy. Just a process of elimination.
My 2 bobs worth.
Colin.

[horsa]

Make sure your differential vent (on top of the pumpkin) is not clogged up. Heat from use will build up pressure which needs to release. Otherwise your seals pay the price and will be damaged and leak.

On a related note in case you damaged them or simply want to ensure no leaks from the axle housing coming from the pumpkin, I still have NOS seals which are part number G166-03-82860. These seals prevent leaks which would ultimately affect your brakes and outboard steering.

http://www.visualcollector.com/Tommy...TommyStuff.htm

[Jon Bradshaw]

I need the seal that does the driveshaft. Part # A-250047

If you have that then we may be able to deal.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

I've always found that topography or the crown of the road (and where you were relative to it) had a great deal to do with how a carrier drifted. But I speak only for Bren carriers as I've never piloted a T16.

[horsa]

Sorry, can't help with that one. What I have are A-333947 and two are required per vehicle. If you have any traces of oil in your axle shafts, then you would need them as the pressure ruined them all. Never seen the seal you are looking for and the ones that I have are the only source for them as they were a T-16 special pattern that nobody else has.

Best option will probably be building a seal from leather and making sure you don't overfill the pumpkin. Also verify that breather is functional.

Good luck, having completely rebuilt mine in the past, its some heavy lifting.

[Andrew Rowe]

Interesting question about track pulling to one side or the other. We had this problem on a Tank and even went as far as swapping tracks over from one side to the other, and even marking the final drive to make sure there was not a different ratio. Turned out that one side had an extra link, even though I am pretty sure we set both tracks up with the lineal length the same on both sides. Once we had taken the link out, we also "quartered" the track as well to achieve the correct lineal lengths. Tracks worked perfect after this.
We also run a M113, which has 64 links on one side and 63 on the other, and this is factory setup. Not entirely sure why they did this, whether it was for road camber? , but it is a bastard driving down our roads and it pulls to the left, but we drive on the left hand side, so is it the camber doing this? if I was in the good old US of A, where they were made , I would be on the other side of the road and it would be driving straight?Cheers Andrew.

[Lynn Eades]

Here it is Charlie.
1. from Australian worksop manual
2 from British manual (Chilwell 63/63)