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1968 Tucker 442 New to Me

Off track but on schedule!

We have an early model axle and Hub on the drivers side and a late model on the passenger.

Framing nails at cotter pins loose axle nuts which must cause the strain on the key ways.

Fixes in progress
 

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Notice the leak free space under the Tucker? That is water from the wash and oil upfront from something else. Not bad for a tucker if you have one you know. Correction if you have one that has not been loved you know.
 
did you win a slow race the old tucker? nice trophy

only way to keep any wife happy, keep the grease and oil out of the house, oh yeah, american express card.
 
That's a John deer tractor pullin' trophy from a few years ago with a
Different green machine.

Although they look and sound the best can't run with the other tractors when it comes to a sled pull.

This picture sums up Friday night at Americas oldest fair topsfield ma. While it looks ribbon winning 4.65 feet and pushed off the track didn't cut it.

1941 11 stock hp can't ask for much!
 

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Pretty sure that whole state is green now! Right up my alley and I am glad you Washington Colorado and the rest of the realistic citizens haven't spun off the map! USA ����
 
Got some Tucker time in tonight while bri Jr. And Jovan Tucker slept.

Bunch of welding in the rear sprocket. One already had some welding done.

Got rear turn tables off. Few club fixes that are unbecoming of a Tucker but think we can fix.

What I think happened is rear upper table that holds mild steel channel had rear mount tab break off. They welded in place installed so didn't have good access. Tab was off a washer thickness so they used washer as spacer.

Rear mild steel channel slightly loose which caused it to open a bit coupled with roller wear on all three the grooving you see in table.
 

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Think I can have buddy get new rollers to put in place to bring back to stock or close . The square metal over the roller I am assuming was to clear snow and grease?

Do I fill and mill the table for looks or run it?
 

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What you will see in these next two pics is some catastrophic table failure repair.

Welded near pivot on upper table and on Frame a steel block to support. Possibly to get home for repalr. One weld was done with the table off. Maybe other rear tab was later in life?
 

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Open to suggestions. Could but bronze sliders in also? No wear in the table rollers except for outer roller. Shaft it rides on are great.
 
So I decided to go with bronze sliders instead of the current setup. Upon further inspection the rear roller stud matches the parts book. The two side ones are some sort of hex head cam follower. Can't find one to match the 2" tread length required. Everything I looked at had 3/4 thread.

The rollers that are there have not rolled in years and have actually been acting as sliders. There is no good way to lube the current roller system or one to be installed. Those square metal blocks that cover the roller look like they were added to push snow and ice off the channel before the roller ran it over.

Seems like a good solution and I can take up the wear with a custom bronze block size and easily lube.

Feel free to stop me.
 
Took the steel channel off. Put in press and closed the outside edge gap back to stock.

Rotated the channel so the bottom virgin side wears now. Anti seize and back together . Bronze stock on the way .

Have some fitting additional bracing to support upper table and welding next.
 

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This could be a casting crack but we are going to weld it. Adding some additional frame support scrosss this area in both sides of steel frame above.
 

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Still working of getting these tables back working. Got a prototype bronze slider installed. Works well. Bronze is harder than I thought.

Trying to get this wear and bending of the steel channel has been challenging but we are finally on track. Think this will be a good setup when done.
 

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just a suggestion, it might be better if you media blasted all your parts first, so, you have good clean material to work with, also, see things a little better.
 
It's no Tucker trailer but it is on skis and price was right. Also from New Hampshire
 

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Where's the top half??

Had quite a few 'hell rides / drunken races" in my younger years (each of the last 6 years- :yum:) in one of those & the Ski-Roue's. Of course, our top shield is now missing as well.:whistling:
 

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Of course, after we had an 'incident', we 'lost' the shield and had to double down on the Roue's. Frightening. We just take them across the pond & back. I can't imagine being a kid on a long trail ride.:mellow:
 

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