Renault FT – Clutch Trial Assembly
We have been having a trial assembly of the FT clutch/brake steering units. There is a brake support band that we need to produce ourselves…
January 12, 2018
We have been having a trial assembly of the FT clutch/brake steering units. There is a brake support band that we need to produce ourselves…
Back to Work! We hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year. The workshop is busy again – these images show the assembly…
Happy New Year! Work continued on the Renault FT this week, here is an image of fitting the return roller rails. We’ll talk more about…
This week we continued with the fitting of the suspension beam and later in the week began fitting the main suspension housing and the hull…
The six Renault FT brake bands have come back from being re-lined. We have two originals and four are newly made. We have also had…
We continued this week harvesting usable nuts and bolts from the spare Renault TSF turret. We stripped down the complete TSF turret box ready to…
This week we have continued dismantling the remains of the Renault TSF super structure to recover any usable nuts and bolts. We are also looking…
This week work on the TSF cupola was largely completed. The cupola itself has been repaired by using sections of a new cast cupola. The…
Turret Ring and Clutch A lot of progress made on the Renault FT and TSF this week. The FT turret ring has been adjusted so…
Tracks & Cupolas We have spent all week working on the Renault TSF cupola base and repairing two original cupolas – one for a Renault…
Detail Work Focus continued on the restoration of all of the small components within the Renault TSF “Blockhaus” Turret. Great attention was spent on saving…
The Renault TSF hull assembly has been completed to the same level as the FT. This will allow for the next phase of assembly of…
The focus this week was on rebuilding the Renault TSF. We are cataloguing the progress with a time lapse camera. You’ll find updates on our…
This week we have powered on with the Renault FT gearbox. All gear selectors are in place. Bottom shaft and reverse gear are in. The…
Progress on the FT gearbox & TSF turret This week great strides were made on taking the TSF turret apart and recording large amounts of…
The new gearbox bearing housings are now fully machined and the assembly process for the fully reconditioned gearboxes has just started today. The Renault TSF…
Giving it a Spin We ran the first test of the original Renault FT turret ring (the lower part of the turret) using ball bearings.…
A delicate operation today to lift the Renault TSF turret from it’s position on the tank to a specially made base to allow us to…
Rapid progress has been made on assembling the restored components of the Renault FT. It should be remembered that each plate had been repaired and…
The assembly of the Renault FT hull really picked up momentum. We completed the interior and exterior of the front of the hull, fitted the…
Assembly Begins! We took the first steps in reassembling the Renault FT. This started with the floor. All bolts had either been blasted and cleaned…