|
|
 Posted - July 03 2011 : 6:28:10 PM
|
any of you that use kadee couplers please tell me what i'm doing wrong. i can get them on, centered & set to the correct height using a kadee height gauge, but when i run them some of the couplers work their way up on the other coupler to the point that if they go just a little more it would slip off the other coupler it's connected to. what causes that?
jerry
|
Country:  USA ~
Posts: 553 ~
Member Since: January 14 2009 ~
Last Visit: September 13 2024
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - July 03 2011 : 9:28:07 PM
|
I have sometimes found excess vertical slop in the coupler box itself. One way to fix this (and to also help with height adjustment) is to use either a KD #208 or 209 washer; either above or below the coupler shank itself.
Randy
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 365 ~
Member Since: April 30 2011 ~
Last Visit: June 11 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - July 04 2011 : 11:51:11 AM
|
RBTurner is correct, Kadee sells a shim set to take up the slack in the coupler box. You can shim it a few thousandth's and tighten up the slop so it won't sag. Molding plastic, you can't really get it that precise, so the shim kit should be in your Kadee coupler box as well.
Jerry
" When life throws you bananas...it's easy to slip up"
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 3974 ~
Member Since: January 04 2009 ~
Last Visit: January 11 2019
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - July 04 2011 : 12:44:54 PM
|
that's what i was thinking was wrong. they seem loose.
jerry
Edited by - smokie on July 04 2011 12:45:26 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 553 ~
Member Since: January 14 2009 ~
Last Visit: September 13 2024
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
Home
Forums
Events Calendar
Forum Admins & Mods
Register
