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KADEE COUPLERS NEED HELP
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[:)]I WAS RECENTLY TOLD THAT WHEN FITTING KADEE NO5'S TO ATHERN ROLLINGSTOCK IS TO CUT THE PLASTIC WHERE THE MOUNTING BOX SITS AND TO SCREW THE THE KADEE GEAR BOX INTO THE BODY AND HVE THE COUPLER MOUNTED PERMANTLY TO THE BODY INSTEAD OF THE BEING ATTACHED TO THE BOGIE.I NEVER KNEW THIS, BEING RELATIVLY NEW,SO I DID THIS,BUT WHEN THE ROLLINGSTOCK WAS NEGOTIATING THE CURVES THEY WOULD DERAIL,BECAUSE THE COUPLERS WOULD HAVE NOT ENOUGH MOVEMENT.SO I LOSENED THE GEAR BOX SREW TO GIVE SOME PLAY.NOW THEY DO NOT DERAIL,BUT IS THIS NORMAL? <br />THANX IN ADVANCE <br /> <br /> <br />ADAM[:D]
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