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11-04-18, 11:07
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Moving on to the rear of the carrier, brakes and tow assembly to complete.
  
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11-04-18, 13:16
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looking better with every update Alistair, keep at it !
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22-05-18, 09:38
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One Sprocket on.
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22-05-18, 11:24
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Very nice progress, Alastair! What are these L shaped extensions on the sprocket for?
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22-05-18, 12:27
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Probably supports the track better than the stock F type sprockets did. Later UC carriers had shouldered sprockets not quite as extreme as these though
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22-05-18, 14:13
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Petr,
As Richie said, they were added to stop the track rolling off the sprockets. If you look at photos of the prototype Loyds they didn't have them. I've read a 1940 evaluation report by the Army and it mentions how easily the machine shed its track, going on to say that the Loyd company had come up with a quick fix which appeared to have alleviated the problem. Those L shaped supports are I presume, the quick fix put into production! Although you can't see them in the photo the rear sprockets don't use nuts (although the front sprockets do!) they use a special curved tapped plate, see in the back ground below:  Again I presume this curved back plate was added in the modification to prevent shedding track, perhaps the track horns were catching on the nuts and as the rear sprockets are idlers the track could be lifted up over the sprocket teeth.
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That's interesting, thanks! So these L shaped supports are mounted on both axles?
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