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1975 Tucker 1544 - project and trips
- Thread starter YamaDooPolCat
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I saw that is in your neck of the woods too!
Might be good project for someone that knows pontoons.
Remember the price is in the Canadian pesos.
Remember the price is in the Canadian pesos.
I had to locate the owner and ask him.
Hi lee,
It’s one in a thousand that can identify the car body but oddly enough there was someone last week that knew and had had one on the island. It’s a 1956 Lloyd. A German maker from Bremen that went out of business in 1962. Goggle will give you the details. It has a Datsun engine to further confuse!!
Hi lee,
It’s one in a thousand that can identify the car body but oddly enough there was someone last week that knew and had had one on the island. It’s a 1956 Lloyd. A German maker from Bremen that went out of business in 1962. Goggle will give you the details. It has a Datsun engine to further confuse!!
The island is probably the Queen Charlottes islands
Worked a bit more on the idlers. Bought some 6” cast iron castors topped with some sort of hard Teflon. I pushed out the roller bearings and outer sleeves as I couldn’t come up with a way to use them.
I lathed out each side to take ball bearings. I used 3 6205 per idlers x 8 = 24 bearings.
I lathed up spacers to hold the center of the bearings apart so I can torque the assembly tight without compromising the bearings.
I lathed out each side to take ball bearings. I used 3 6205 per idlers x 8 = 24 bearings.
I lathed up spacers to hold the center of the bearings apart so I can torque the assembly tight without compromising the bearings.
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I still have to lathe up some flange bushings for the bolts to slide through and torque.
chowderman
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tapered roller bearings or cylindrical roller bearings? "roller bearing" have long lines of contact and seriously better load carrying capacity than a same size ball bearing.
the 'std' deep groove ball bearing - 6205 is the size... - does not do well with axial aka side loads or misalignments....
you may want to consider opposing angular contact ball bearings - they a much more tolerant to axial loading.
I worked on the taper bearing idea (and the roller bearing ) for a while but couldn’t come up with a workable mount for what I had to work with. There shouldn’t be much side load as the idler is narrower than the track “groove”, and set close to the track sprockets that hold the track.
I used 3 bearings per idler so hopefully they will share the axial stresses.
The rotational load ability spec is 3,200lbs each bearing, and static is 1,600 lbs each.
We use the same bearings in snowmobiles for decades so hopefully they last as well.
I used 3 bearings per idler so hopefully they will share the axial stresses.
The rotational load ability spec is 3,200lbs each bearing, and static is 1,600 lbs each.
We use the same bearings in snowmobiles for decades so hopefully they last as well.
I see in the last Tucker News letter that they don’t use a slide or rollers on the ag version of those tracks.
Wondering what to do with the lines that came off the pump to the 6 way blade controller.
Can I just plumb the pressure line from the engine driven pump back to the tank? Issues?
The orbital steering plumbing off the pump is unchanged.
Can I just plumb the pressure line from the engine driven pump back to the tank? Issues?
The orbital steering plumbing off the pump is unchanged.
Took the pump down to the hydraulic pump shop and was told to just route the blade supply side back to the reservoir.
So I plumbed that live back through the filter into the tank.
So I plumbed that live back through the filter into the tank.
I didn’t find any evidence of a surge tank so I went to the local wrecker yard and plumbed in this rad tank.
I think the new cab look without the 6 way controller looks very nice.
Work on replacing the slides on the track carrier with rollers is coming along nicely.
Looks nice
Track Addict
Bronze Member
Nice work. Drink holder would be amazing off that!
Ha! You are correct. Easy addition.
This gives some idea of the Tip Toe Cat.
Snowy Rivers
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Great looking cat.....I love the 5 pound hammer sitting by the can of WD
That handy persuader is always welcome when stuff needs a little BUMP
Indeed...GOTTA HAVE A DRINK HOLDER .....
What brand is the floor shifter???
The T handle is always cool.....
That handy persuader is always welcome when stuff needs a little BUMP
Indeed...GOTTA HAVE A DRINK HOLDER .....
What brand is the floor shifter???
The T handle is always cool.....
That is a B&M Star Shifter. You want to get the model that allows you to get back and forth from reverse to forward easily for snow plowing
I was in Medford Oregon last week. The nice people at Tucker gave me your for the manufacturing plant. Lots of cool stuff.
We were going camping anyway in southern BC so we decided to drop down to Medford and pick up a new steering Ram that the factory had.
We were going camping anyway in southern BC so we decided to drop down to Medford and pick up a new steering Ram that the factory had.
I got rid of the Dodge charging system this spring after it burnt out $800 worth of gauges and nearly left me stranded.
The GM 3 wire 65amp alternator however never put out max 12.8v and couldn’t keep the battery charged. So I switched to a 100 amp alternator and it charges at 13.8 so I’ll have to see if that is enough.
The GM 3 wire 65amp alternator however never put out max 12.8v and couldn’t keep the battery charged. So I switched to a 100 amp alternator and it charges at 13.8 so I’ll have to see if that is enough.
Track frames are getting closer to install. I think the idlers need a little more bracing
yet though.
Did some rewiring to take the current out of the ignition and put the draw through relays instead. This took longer than expected but I also got to label every wire. Looks like a bit of a rats net but at least I can understand what is going on and fix it.
Track frames are getting closer to install. I think the idlers need a little more bracing yet though.
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