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American Flyer link couplers.....

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American Flyer link couplers.....
Posted by Russ D on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:44 PM

I need to remove and replace several American Flyer link couplers.Is there a tutorial somewhere on-line or does it appear in a service manual.I saw that several companies make a tool such as Super Rivetter to do the job.Any homemade methods that will work,Thanks in advance...........On a degree of difficultly where work this proceedure fall.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2010 8:28 AM

Russ,

             Removing and replacing link couplers is easy, but you absolutely need the tool to install the pin.  Port Lines (www.portlines.com) has the tool available for only $9.50.  I use one, and it works great.

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