Made a lil more progress on the Bruder skidsteer conversion today.
The wheels proved to be a challenge! I COULDN'T using only 1 adapter get them to work. I wound up using spacers that I had paying around the shop. I cut the axle & placed it back in it's hole in the wheel. I used this as a guide for the centering to drill the holes. Each wheel will be held on by 4 bolts, just like the 574 front end loader I just did.
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Here it is all cut away & ready for servo's to bolt into it.
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Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr
Those sidewalls look a lil thin for plastic. I think I'd better beef that up a bit with some metal!
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Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr
I'm not sure yet if I'll paint the aluminum, or leave it unpainted.