WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: How to assemble a StuG III G final drive unit!

You need to find someone who scrapes machine ways. They could fix you up with some Biax power scraper action.

Do the original bearings carry makers marks or part numbers that are recognisable?

How do you fill and drain the drive assembly when all the fill plugs on the sides of the case are still rusted shut? Does the gear oil come in under pressure?

Good Craftsmenship !! IT is Not easy to Deal with Parts heavy Like Hell and also precise manufactured! What a Job the Guys had done in War Conditions, Winter and every few Days a new Place to Work. My Grandpa was a Sergeant Mayor in the Medic Corps in Charkow 80 Years ago. He picked Up the Woundet and escortet them to Germany near Kassel. His Brother August was Commander in such a Sturmgeschütz even in the Area at Charkow, the Area Putin ist fighting against the Ucraine now. They both died in the War, but they reportet at Home about the every Day Cruelty against Human Beeings they can't stand anymore on the Ostfront. One of the Brothers died in Amerika in a POW Camp by Appendizitis. So 3 from 4 died. The 4. One survived the Genozid of mentally disabled people by Hitler luckily. So every Men Out of my mothers Family was gone after the War.They choose the Ostfront Not because they wanted to fight, they all where Members of the Kommunist Party as Workers before War. They had been arrestet by the SA in pre- KZ Prisons but they choosed the Wehrmacht because the could protect the Familie in this way. But the Areas they were send, were the deadlyest in War. So the Story of the Sturmgeschütz of my Greatuncle hit by russian PAK in Rostock 1945.

fantastic job,congrat

And for the Last,SAE 90 Hypoid Öl in the Vorgelege

Bah e proximo episódio eh quando??

Those double row roller bearings are reliant on the outer bearing races being concentric from each other, and the inner races being concentric of each other. When both sets of races are aligned with each other on an axial plane, they provide zero thrust movement since the rollers are semi-tapered inside the races. the clearances between the races and their bores and shafts need to be right, or they'll be sloppy.

Awesome video! I can't comprehend the size of the milling machine that was used to machine the sides of a tank! I have often wondered how the engineering compared across various tanks, some must have been a bit of a dog's breakfast others brilliant.

"Beau is adorable, but do we really need to show him making like 5 metal clips in a row?" -all guys watching
"YES" -all ladies watching

Love It.....absolutely love watching you guys rebuild history.....Bravo!!!l

Saludos desde Argentina!!! Me encanta su trabajo!! Que talento y dedicación!! Felicitaciones 💐💐💐

Up you go Kurt,fancy ,well fancy Nancy Kurt the shirt

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Beautiful work Kurt by them ,and your angelic reportaire on the video narration

Great vid, keep ém comming!!!! //Lars

Brilliant job as usual guys!

Wonderful

The content is great, as always. And, the cinematography has hit a new high. I really appreciate the work that goes into restoring these vehicles and documenting the process involved.

Fascinating. Your crew makes a lie out of that old saying, "You can't make something out of nothing". Bo is a wizard with a torch and a sense of humor even when things go wrong.😀

Wow, cool. Great videos, showing more about german armour than has ever been seen. Wish I could come over and see the museum.

Fantastic photography!

Ouch !! Just when you had me hooked on the StuG III G I ran out of videos.

Need more stug videos

Cheers from Canada..happy Wednesday Kurt !

I'm having stug withdrawal!! ☺️
So I'm watching them all again 👍

You guys are the best !
The workmanship and dedication is amazing to see and like many others that came across Workshop Wednesday buy accident including me ..... I can't get enough of the amazing work that you guys do. please keep the videos coming.

Barrel bearings designed for loads on multiple axises of thrust

maybe you should save the old non usable parts that have been cut off and make them into souvenirs that viewers can buy. That way you could make a little bit extra to use for future projects!

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Good progress fellas! Thanks for the interesting video! 😀

What's that beauty in the background? Ain't a hetzer it's on panzer 3 chassis, wheels and running gear. That long barrel too!

I hope these men know they are working my dream job

So far the best ,The Transmission disassembley .In my experience all German machines are somewhat similar But I have haven't seen a Tank Transmission I guess this one is made by ZF. I would use protective Gloves all The time. & plenty of penetrating oil. Thanks Bow. & Workshop Wednesday
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Excelent job guys

Cannot go a night without my dose of tank porn 😊

It's interesting. In Germany, they used custom parts for all their vehicles. Here in the us, they used whatever commercial parts they could. Case in point the M1 tank engine made out of 6 dodge 6 cylinder engines. The only custom part was the case that formed the joining part for all 6 engines.

I can't believe how well the internal parts cleaned up

Wow just amazing work guys. Can you imagine working on those on the ground like they did back in the day.

Please, my war thunder crew could do this in under 15 seconds.

Awesome! What do I do when this restoration ever stops?

A good solution to keep new bolts from rusting and giving them a slightly better edge (doesn't always work, the quality of the metal is important) is to heat them up (not cherry hot, but hot enough) that when dunked in used motor oil, they turn flat black. I've had hinges, bolts, all manner of metal that's exposed to the weather 24/7 done up this fashion and it never rusts post treatment.

Is simply nothing less than astounding the German-Austian war industry/WaffenAmt/CZ's Skodawerke's were able to produce such a high volume of war materials, in addition to the fact they couldve employed more easily made, less complicated, manufactorum-based streamline'd designs, fabrication & assembly processes...Yet the chose not too in so many cases?!

-Also considering they didnt step upon a combined & total full war footing as a national economy until late 1942-early 1943, meaning many German Companies were still producing consumer goods, even luxury consumer goods up until that point...

-All seeming so wild to not do so until too late in the game? Odd that even though the war situation was written on the wall so to speak, the highest output of war materials saw Feb 1944 as its own high water mark. In part, largely do to Minister of Armament. Albert Speer, & his DE-centralization of many industries, making them harder to target & ultimately destroy. So the allies chose to kill civilians/slave-spec foreign workers that worked, slave'd away within & served those industries instead. Large cities ARE easier targets when it comes to large-scale fire-bombing campaigns I suppose?...
-No matter how one chooses to view that particular era in history, supremely sad none the less...


GORGEOUS work & historical restoration guys!

Fantastic job, guys! However, I have a question: i have a technical drawing showing the cutoff of the final drive asssembly, and, on top and on bottom of the main axle (the one that is grooved) there are 2 bolts (the ones you see in the video); what was the purpose of these two bolts?. The purpose of the bottom one is to retain the bearing?.

That bearing is called a sperical roller bearing, inside race id is cone shaped to set the roller bearing clearance.

I loved the intro of this video.

No I imagine the mechanic crews in the field fixing these over engineered tanks

Finally some power tools :D

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