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QUOTE: Originally posted by CP5415 Wow I just pulled of the shelf, 6 Athearn BB locomotives & coupled them one at a time to KD's coupler guage. They all are equiped with KD #5's & guess what!? They all are at the correct guage.!!! Fancy that! The only thing I've ever done to the couplers is install the KD's. THAT'S IT! While I was at it, I also grabbed my Kato Business car, My Athearn Bombardier cars, my Proto PA & RS11, my Genesis 60' Gunderson Box car, my Proto Newsprint car, my Athearn RTR P42, an Atlas kaolin tank car, my Walthers Trainline FA, my IHC 4-6-2 & both of my Walthers Budd Dome cars. They all are in KD's guage! Why are certain people are having problems with Athearn when others arn't? Kinda makes you wonder huh! Gordon
QUOTE: Originally posted by BRAKIE Interesting Don.It seems that thousands use Athearn cars and engines with little or no problems.BTW all of my Atlas couplers sets to high PER THE KD HEIGHT GAUGE wheras other brands are on the mark.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Trainnut1250 Don, Ditto here. I don't buy Athearn any more, but once upon a time I had to shim every car to get the couplers to be at the right height after relplacing horn hooks with #5s. I I suspect the sales of Kaydee washers are directly related to Athearn's products....
QUOTE: Originally posted by cwclark I do know what you mean..I do use Athearn locomotives exclusively ..the older ones i have had no problem with mis-matched coupler height but the new Athearn Genesis RTR loco's are all off by as much as 1/4 "...every Kadee I install on the newer Athearn's require a lot of grinding with a dremel tool and on some of the locomotives i've had to cut out the top and the sides of the stock draft gear box and rebuild a new one that's wider than the original...it's a pain in the you know what but i manage to get the couplers to the right height eventually...lots of work bench time but eventually they work...you are right though..I wish Athearn would build there locomotives with this in mind..i have enough detail work to do on a locomotive without having to spend a lot more time getting the coupler height right...Chuck
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