Removeing trucks.

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Anonymous

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Removeing trucks.

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:07 PM

I want to put one Kadee #27 coupler on the rear of my Life-like track cleaning car.
How does one get the truck off?

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BentnoseWillie

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January 2002
From: Nova Scotia
825 posts

Posted by BentnoseWillie on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 7:00 AM

I t hink the LifeLike trucks have a split prong cast into the truck frame, which snaps into a hole in the truck bolster. Some Model Power cars had a pin holding the truck on, but I'm sure that LifeLike always have used a cast-on prong.

Either way, if you pull the truck straight down firmly, but gently, it should come off. After converting the coupler, snap it back on.

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dknelson

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March 2002
From: Milwaukee WI (Fox Point)
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Posted by dknelson on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 8:06 AM

My experience is that over time the split prong fails if you remove the truck a few times. I plugged the hole with styrene rod, smoothed it, drilled a new hole and replaced the trucks with better ones held in place with a screw
Dave Nelson

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