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Same here.

Yes Doug, I concur with all of your observations. The weight discrepancy related to Armoured Steel V Aluminium. Hence the 113 can swim. The 432 floats like a stone. As I mentioned earlier, we have one of each at the museum. One is precious (113) as it was used by our army, the other is...

Doug, TB's are expensive to make (Splines, heat treatment, lathework etc.), whereas setting gauges are cheap. (Just a piece of plate steel with a couple of grooves and some engraving). So make just two types (LH & RH) and make lots of them but make them 'adjustable' for different weight...

We believe grease is cheap whereas steel is expensive so we grease everything often. Road duty is not hard on the driveline. Rough terrain is. So asking these machines to traverse humps which flex the T.B's to their max is what causes the damage. Something has to give and these T.B's can be...

Answers in yellow above. I would add that setting the Torsion Bars for correct ride-height involves use of a gauge. The ends of the bars have differing numbers of off-set splines to enable rotation to set correct pre-load. This is a critical part of replacing T-Bars. You can't just fit them...

G'day Doug, Reference your query on the other thread ( http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?147666-Finaly-cutting-down-and-giving-up ) You'll note that I'm in NZ, not US. The museum I volunteer at is the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) in Auckland ( www.motat.org.nz ) where I...