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[quote user="BRAKIE"] Safety Valve,The floor can be straighten by gluing the weight to the floor..Also more important is to insure the WEIGHT and FRAME is straight.That is how you get the correct coupler height.[/quote]All of that has been done in a orderly fashion, I have a flat surface which to gently test the weights. I did have to toss a number of them after they refused to accept a gentle bend or twist back into shape.There were a few I used a very sparing drop of goo here and there and clamped to fit the straight weights. The warped plastic floor readily accepted the treatment and those couplers passed the test.Ive been lucky, most of my floors, weights and frames have been acceptably straight and true.All 9 of the brand new "Old" blue boxers passed the uncoupler gauge test perfectly as they were out of the box with no modification or adjustment necessary. Usually a few boxes has sat in the sun for a tad too long during shipping somewhere and warped the stuff.It has kept me busy over the holidays, that is for sure! These annual rolling stock tests, repairs and upgrades that I depend on for good operation anywhere.
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