| The Foden 6-ton C type steam
estate tractor |
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The picture here shows a stub
axle partially completed in that the rough casting has yet to be cleaned
up and blended to the turned parts. The shaft through the axle is a temporary
shaft used to gauge the bore and to to match the bores of the bushes and
the diameter of the kingpin. |
| The fully fitted stub axle
complete with thrust bearing fitted at the top |
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The stub arms connect the
stub axles together via a coupling rod. The outer hole in this arm connects
to the steering rod which is driven by the steering box via a bell crank. |
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| The steering rod is connected
to the stub arm and bell crank using these ball pins and sockets. The ball
pins are silver steel and the sockets mild steel. |
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The complete axle assembly
showing the stub axles/arms with their coupling rod and the steering rod
connected to the stub axle arm and bell crank which itself is mounted at
the bottom of the steering box. |
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| The rear axle springs are
made up from 1/8" x 3/4" mild steel bar. Most are cold rolled
but the double bent leaves required heat in order to get them to evenly
transition from one bend to the other and to lay flat against each other.
The leaves are held in a fabricated box and pinned. |
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A fully assembled spring. |
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| The nearside axlebox on its
spring. Axle bushes yet to be fitted. The web at its bottom takes the bottom
hinge pin for the cam brake shoes. |
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The rear axle components.
The smaller fits onto the larger and is driven by the differential gear |
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The axle assembled into
the axleboxes and on the chassis. |
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