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I am a newbie, which may explain the question I am about to ask. My grandson and I are building an HO layout. We have installed the Con-Cor gravel ramp. We have also built 2 of the Con-Cor hoppers that are supposed to work with the gravel ramp to dump gravel below. We are having problems we expected with the dumping mechanism, but that is not my question. My question is as follows: When I install the trucks (with the provided pins, not screws), the hopper tilts to one side when resting on the track. One is worse than the other. I have checked to be sure there is nothing about the way we have built the kits. They sit fine if you rest the hopper on the trucks without the pin installed. When I install the pin however, they tilt, one worse than the other. Its like the hole in which the pin goes was drilled at an angle. I am thinking of replacing the trucks, filling the holes for the pin and using a screw as I have done successfully on a couple of box cars we have built. Did that for different reason, though, and am not sure that will help with this problem. I need ideas. Thanks in advance. <br /> <br />John <br />Austin, Texas
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