A "Bergepanzer Standart" gets new muscle

And on it goes with the chain tensioner.
Today I am building the supports for the eccentric and the dozer blade . In addition, I stiffen so that the hull front , but first I cut out a 28mm aluminum round bar from two pieces .



The metal pieces I turn plan , bring them to the same length and drill a 6mm central hole for the Exenterachse .





One side I milled from something .



Just so that they fit on the sides to the overlap of the tub.



Then I drill a second hole to 8mm offset in the two brackets by the later the axis for the dozer blade is inserted . In addition, I use this to align the brackets in the tub.







To clamp the eccentric I drill nich in each mount an M4 thread.





After I 've installed in the sides of the pan , the 6mm holes for the eccentric , the inside abgschliffen and degreased , I can glue the brackets. For alignment I use a 5 and 6mm silver steel rod that were previously lightly greased . How can I get them after the adhesive has cured out again.

Today I had to pull the steel rods from the brackets. I had greased thin before gluing and now I turn it with a screwdriver out. How it works quite easily and also glue residues are ignored.



First, I now have the suspension of the shield, which also tried the pan amplified and it works great. Since one should consider to build the shield made ​​of aluminum. Now the dozer blade is the weakest link.



The eccentric now find their place.





And so now the page looks with roller.



On the other side of me, the roller remains a problem, but I'll still get.

so piecemeal it goes on.

Now I have the idlers properly installed and aligned to the chain track.



Of course, again the gears and sprockets montert, which I've donated a second screw for fastening.



The assembly of the tracks was then just a matter of form when it has been like mans does best, but now the tub is back on their soles.





However, the tracks are really not very stable and almost a little too short, after I have now psition the idlers in scale, but it still goes.

Here I have now set the servo times in the tub, but let's see if I should install it at all.

This time must drive the Leo , but first I have to install the servo for the plow blade and adjust the regulator .

The servo I just sit on a plastic plate I screw on two feet with the tub.



The servo I can now easily stick to the plastic plate.



Next, I have my battery and the receiver for test drives set in the tub and the control is set with the programming card .



For the test drive, I have a general program on my transmitter . Therefore, I have the dozer blade , although controlled , but not as it should be later. Also, the regulator get so no fine tuning , but that is for test drives also not necessary , as I have a precise adjustment of the suspension can not do because I do not know the later weight distribution.





The design of the drive is adapted in this Leo not on speed, but to such a workhorse fits to torque and sensitive reaction.
What has somewhat bothered me was the low grip of the tracks , but that might be even better after a precise adjustment of the suspension and more weight.
So my work is complete except for a few small adjustments and settings.