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Magnematic bobblers??????????
Magnematic bobblers??????????
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mls1621
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December 2003
From: St Louis
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Posted by
mls1621
on Thursday, September 9, 2004 3:37 PM
I've seen the same thing on my rolling stock. It's usually due to a bind in one of the trucks. What you're seeing is the effect of the bind on the centering spring in the coupler.
It only happens on the last car of a consist.
I hope this is helpful.
Mike St Louis N Scale UP in the 60's Turbines are so cool
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, September 9, 2004 2:39 PM
The car will move back and forth while going foward!
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dknelson
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March 2002
From: Milwaukee WI (Fox Point)
11,439 posts
Posted by
dknelson
on Thursday, September 9, 2004 8:12 AM
I think more specifics are needed. Is it the coupler that bobbles within the draft gear? Or the draft gear on the car? Or the knuckle on the coupler itself (that would be a missing spring -- there are extras in the #5 package and with a sharp knife blade and a steady hand they are easy to replace).
Dave Nelson
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Magnematic bobblers??????????
Posted by
Anonymous
on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 8:00 PM
Hello,
Im in the process of switching over to the magnematic couplers, and ive found that my one conversion tends to bobble back and forth? Does anyone know what tthe reson is for this, or why its doing this?
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