That suspension bar you are referring to, is part of the efforts to make the vehicle stable on the move and less (jarring for lack of a better term). The first road wheel is a essentially a motorcycle shock absorber, the second road wheel, a semi elliptic spring (yay railway designers) the idler the same as the second (Ausf. A only and inverse). First road wheel hits ground level obstacle, rides up and the shock absorber takes the brunt of the impact. Second road wheel hits, the spring takes the load (no torsion bars) and then delivers the excess absorbed energy to the idler which lifts up as a cantilever thus absorbing even more of the impact energy. If you notice that between the Ausf. A and B the idler on the B is much higher. But as they added another road wheel after lengthening the hull, the connection was transferred to the last road wheel and not the idler to do the same job. Not as successful, as the weight of the final road wheel and idler were significantly different and the load absorption was less.

" just been servicing the Sherman Firefly " .... where else will you hear that phrase? Amazing stuff.

Well done Eamon.... you did a great job of editing this week. Keep it up mate.

Well done guys! Compliments to Eamon for blending in seamlessly!

I Look forward to see your video's. I live in the west Midlands in the UK! The video's are normally aired on KZfaq around 9Am here. I wish I could come to see your museum! even though I have family in Australia my health would restrict me coming there. I've been to Bovington tank museum in Dorset many time and I enjoy going there all he time. I've said it to you many time that your team are talented with what they know and do! thats one of the reasons why I keep watching as well. As my grand father was a tank commander in WW2 ( 4th london yeomanry - sharpshooters!thats one of the reasons what started in into them.I have his war records and it amazes me what he did and was up against and went through. I'm Ken and ill See you next Wednesday LOL.

YAY! It's Wednesday!

This tank is going to look brilliant when it's finished.

Good on ya Eamon. Nice job mate.

Thanks again Team, for another brilliant Workshop Wednesday. And well done to Eaman for working seamlessly with the team. As you know, I love Workshop Wednesday and wait with barely held anticipation. I finish the dinner wash up and race down the hallway to my man cave to watch. And I know I could watch it at my leisure as it's on KZfaq. But I feel you deserve my immediate attention as you have put so much effort into the production. Cheers

Jono’s explanation of the wheel’s parts and assembly was excellent.

I wanna go to Australia 🇦🇺 for armor fest definitely worth the 18 hour flight

The way that Firefly just started up and sounded is just the best.

Short but perfectly formed video this week. A bit like a Panzer 1. Looking forward to the next one.

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Waited all day for this!

As always, I absolutely love this channel! The attention to detail, and just all around safe and knowledgeable environment is inspiring.

well done to the young fella

I hope Al is OK and we see him back at work soon!

Love your channel

Always Glad to see a Raptors cap instead of a Leaf's one!

Incredible craftsmanship from the boys as always! They never cease to amaze and impress with their skills.

Kudos to your organization for having an on the job process allowing the future generation of workers to get invaluable experience. Well done.

Huge thanks to Eamon for great filming and editing !. Watching fabricating PANZER I parts reminds me of my model making of Stg3 G just started this week. 😄

Workshop Wednesday and money pit, Wednesday is my FAVOURITE

Great stuff, as always. I'm eager to see the rest of the hydraulic power setup soon.

Yippee my weekly fix👌

Enjoying this series. Love your work, AusArmour. 👍

Some great basic and solid engineering there guys. And the attention to detail always pays off. Forgive me repeating my little mantra but these videos should be required viewing at secondary schools to show kids why we need engineering, how creative it actually is and what a great career it can be. We really do not need 'Social Media' experts. We need skilled craftsmen and women.

Never fail to be amazed that a picture can provide such little detail as to a bracket that cannot be seen in any other picture can then be cut, machined, drilled, welded and then (as if by magic) be attached to the hull (and not just the Panzer I either)...well done guys, and young Eamon too.

Amazing engineering and sympathy for the original historical design. The whole team does a tremendous job!

Amazing that such small hydraulic motors will move that tank.

Another great update,

Although there is a balance between lack of tension causing chain slap and tightness causing stress on bearings and the finished article is not going to have the amount of use it was designed for, the chains seem a bit tight. In addition, there is no cushioning in the drive between the hydraulic motor and the tracks. I think this may cause problems and the last thing you want is a chain flying apart in such an enclosed space. I suggest a simple, spring-loaded chain tensioner might be the answer. As the chain will run in both directions, you would probably need one on the top run and one on the bottom run. You may also want to give some consideration to chain lubrication and enclosure. Tinplate will not be adequate for the latter.

Love how Daryl is just lying on the ground at 2:08 instead of using the crawler board right next to him haha

Like a giant RC tank with chain drive. I use chain on 1/6 scratch build models. Should work well, cheap and easy maintenance.

The best day of every week is Wednesday when The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum posts another excellent video!

A bit of advice, Always tighten the nut, not the bolt unless you can't reach the nut. Why? There is resistance in the bolt being passed through the brackets that require higher torque values. The example to this is tighten the bolt to the required torque then tighten the nut to the required torque. You will find that after tightening the bolt, the nut is still not to torque specs and will turn until it is to torque specs. When you must tighten a bolt that is threaded into a piece the torque value of the body resistance has usually already been calculated by the manufacturer to be slightly higher than normal.

Excellent episode! But then, they all are! Thanks🙂.

I think the video quality is better than usual 😂😂. Great work as always

Another great video job by Kurt and his video technician Amon( sorry if spelled incorrectly!) keep up the great work and to all the people doing all that great restoration work on all your military hardware!

What a place to do work experience! While I can see the tiny difference, mostly in close ups, you can also see the amount of shots piled up and imagine the amount of work editing it. Top job by everyone as usual and kudos for letting Eamon loose on your production and him maintaining the standard 👍🏻

Love these, and it's so interesting to see the 'cheats' to get a piece of history working.

Love the videos guys keep them coming!

Great job, Eamon. 👍

What a great job eamon did It is a very small tank The guys are doing a great job 👍👍

🏆🎖️🙏🤗 Thank you for sharing this

Ya don't have to apologize for that Firefly grumble in the back ground for me, sounds great!!!

My Wednesday ritual, a cup of coffee a time tam or two and Workshop Wednesday...

Such a beauty it is starting to get. Great work on that tank. 👍

Work Wednesday jupiiiiii😊🙉🙉díky Marťas

Often hear of American Ingenuity, but your team shows Aussi Know-how, innovation and "can do" spirit that is not found elsewhere !

This is possibly my favourite project in a while. Sure it's a crappy Pzr 1 but making it into a little runner with a mix of old and new parts is a great journey to follow. Hoping we get the early war 2 tone scheme of grey and brown. Haven't seen one restored like that. Mostly just solid grey.

Watching this from the UK,well done guys you are doing a cracking job,can,t wait for the next episode.

Another great update Kurt, thank you and well done to Jess for their skill and ingenuity. Great job!

Thank you guys, great update 👍👍👍

Some of the best vids on the ole inter webs

Shout-out to the Tank-Spotter, er - Aussie Train Spotter, eh! Respect from the Great White North on a wicked restoration, as well.

The hydraulic drive with roller chain final drives is very elegant, imo. No steering gear worries and to change the final drive ratio is relatively simple.

Awesome as always, love the innovation, and common sense to bring this old warhorse back to life.

It would be great to see the process of preping and painting the hull/tank

Top tier craftmanship.

Thanks

Fantastic work guys all the best.

Brilliant keep up the good work!

Excellent as always.

Watch out fer Jack's Nuts,Darryl..... Listen guys,great building as usual........Will watch this...build up..

LOL - send the "OLD" boy under! Good one Daz!

Great work fellas!

Nice job on the Pz1 guys! 😊 Someone in the shop is working on the smallest tank in the museum. It runs on a two-stroke lawnmower motor. Epic!😂😂(Joke...)

Thanks Aussie Trainspotter. We need someone to keep Kurt ‘sort of’ honest😁!

this is going to be the most reliable panzer ever.

The Panzer 1 is currently my favourite restoration project.

You certainly will Kurt! Thanks to you and the team ...keep it up...

Outstanding video and presentation

Great update Kurt! The Mk I original parts fitting is a testament to the teams hours of hard work! Looking forward to next weeks episode!

i have been watching the channel for some time now and i have to admin, i'm a bit jealous! You guys get to play with great toys there.. wish the commute from netherlands wasn't such a killer else i'd happily come help out

You all really need to make more videos to watch. I never thought a week could last so long. Good job as always. Thanks for sharing this great historical preservation with the world.

I want to give a shout out to the young man mentioned in this presentation, that films and edits your videos, as being an outstanding addition to the team and that he does an excellent and proffesional job! KUDOS!

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🙃 Great work down under

Brilliant work guys

Great stuff guys, I look forward to watching Workshop Wednesday every week.

Oh and hope Al is back in action soon 👍🏻👍🏻

Amazing work that’s all I can say wow

These guys are so ingenious with their drive system I bet they could get a wheelbarrow to race at Bathurst , and win .

Good job Eamon, I hope you had fun working with the guys!

Props to Eamon add Aus Armour legend to your CV. Great job! I think it should be obligatory guests should introduce the video as it's great to see new generations getting involved! Great work by the whole team and lovely to see the baton being passed on.

I look forward to my WorkShop Wednesday fix each week…..hello from British Columbia, Canada!

You are so incredible. in your work and the enthuasuim.

If it was me I would put the engine hold-down bolts in from the bottom and have nuts/washers on top of the engine bearers, that way if anything comes loose you'll be able to see it, the way it is now a nut could come loose and even drop off - also, they might get rusted on under there. Regarding links in chain, with a joining link it is good practice to have the closed end of it pointing in the direction of travel, probably can't be done here because of the requirements but I'd recommend arranging it so that the most common drive use has the closed end going in the direction of rotation.

Amazing work!!!

Going to be an exciting video next week. Look forward to fix it Friday with Steve.

Eamon, you did a bloody good job. Well done son.

top job guys. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

This entire team is top notch craftsmanship.

Great content! Thx

Fantastic work as always. I wish you could get a Tiger ll and bring one back to life.

The hydraulic drive system is very cool. Can't wait to see it in operation!

Always anticipating the next installment.

Thank you for the great work that all of you do at the workshop