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 Posted - January 12 2012 : 6:31:44 PM
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I got the bug to re-coupler/truck my extra and common cars to body mount Kadee #5's and newer trucks. I have had one success. Whats the best trucks to use and what size of screw/nut combo can I use to mount? I also noticed they are way too light! I got somebody I take the cars to get re-wieghted. I have a coupler hieght guage. The trucks is where I'm stuck!
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 Posted - January 12 2012 : 7:04:56 PM
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Depends, Intermountain makes trucks my club used successfully to upgrade. Biggest problem with Tyco, Bachmann and other bodies is the big hole for the springy- finger-mounted trucks, the hole is so big, it's hard to fill. What I DID awhile back was buy some nipple nuts at a local bicycle ship, 1.8mm size, which actually threads to 2-56. Those are the spoke nuts for bicycle rims. I'd drill the hole slightly bigger in the Tyco base, and then shove a cut-down spoke nut into the hole with a soldering iron. Worked well for some of the cars. Need a dremel to cut them down with, though. There are other 2-56 knurled inserts I'd looked into, but never bought, those would require drilling and heat-insertion or glue in as well. Either way, it's not easy to convert to screw-mount trucks, takes a bit of doing. 4-40 and bigger screws just don't work in these HO trucks, you really need 2-56 screw size, so filling the hole first is the challenge, then it's easier.
Jerry
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Posted - January 12 2012 : 9:44:16 PM
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 Posted - January 12 2012 : 11:29:35 PM
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Nice tutorial, SG.
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Posted - January 13 2012 : 07:10:22 AM
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Never thought of using the coupler box cover as a kingpin, nicely done. I've bookmarked your site, always learning something. Good way to start off Friday the 13th. 
Jerry
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Posted - January 14 2012 : 10:57:21 AM
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Never thought of using the coupler box cover as a kingpin, nicely done. I've bookmarked your site, always learning something. Good way to start off Friday the 13th.
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â January 13 2012Â :Â 07:10:22 AM
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Did the king pin thing on a whim...when I saw how nice it fit, the rest of the project was born....
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