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[quote user="NYBW-John"]You can find cheaper couplers than KD but you won't find any better.[/quote] That is not entirely true. I found a better and cheaper coupler, but it is incompatible with Kadee.  It operates and looks like the real thing.   I said that "Kadee #5s where the best couplers, why would I ever need to change them out".   I then met a guy who uses Sergent Couplers.  Now I use Sergent Couplers.  I have about 30-40 cars left to convert over, most of which were early aquisitions or Intermountain cars, both have glued coupler boxes.   The biggest take away is to always use some sort of mechanical fastner for coupler boxes, not glue.  You never know when you might have to change a coupler.  Kadees can in fact be broken, just like any other coupler. Its just a lot less likely to happen.
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