Hetzer preselect gearbox compared to Ferret

[Malcolm Towrie]

Originally Posted by Tobias Weibel

Hi at all

I'm happy to help.
Unfortunately, my technical English is not so good. That's why I can't argue with you.

The two items were on the drive end of the engine are an flywheel and the safety sliding clutch

safety sliding clutch:


Are the Brake Bands new?
It is very important that the brake bands are adapted (grinding)

Tobias, thanks again for the new schematics.
I find it quite humbling that so many Europeans, like yourself, are quite fluent in
English, yet we British and North Americans are hopeless at European languages. Thank God for Google Translate.

I don't know the condition of the brake bands but they do look new. And if you are referring to grinding of the brake drums, no, I dont think they have been ground, they look a bit scored.

Malcolm