Hello all,
SeeYou190Rix used to make a really useful tool with two magnets that could be set on the outside of the cars like a portable uncoupler. It was pretty slick.
You mean like this: https://www.walthers.com/rix-sticker-magnetic-uncoupling-tool?ref=1?
Hope this helps.
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Guys,Sorry,but,I shudder at the idea of sticking anything between today's high detailed cars..I'm even thinking about not changing out the couplers on my latest Atlas Master Line cars because of the details.
For me and my layout it's magnets for hands off uncoupling.Its bad enough placing and removing these cars in my plastic plant boxes.
Larry
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Rix used to make a really useful tool with two magnets that could be set on the outside of the cars like a portable uncoupler. It was pretty slick.
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It won't work if you are cutting off the trip pins.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I've never filed the end of the skewer, just use it right out of the package.
Always works best with free moving couplers. They should be prepared and installed as per the instructions that come with the kadees.
Peter
I've found that having a little slack in the couplers helps too. If I run into difficulties, I can just use the skewer to pull the coupler pin to the side, which is what I do with my passenger cars.
Kevin
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I use the skewer, never really paid attention to how or what. It just works. It works the best on a straight section. I'll have to go try it, and report back.
Mike.
EDIT: I do use my hand to take up the slack, so that the pick goes in between the hands of the couple, give a slight nudge to one side, and they easily come apart.
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gregci'm using a skewer, thin stick. I've filed an end flat and narrow.
Have you tried the Kadee "Spring Pic Dual Tool #241?
https://kadee.com/htmbord/page241.htm
Seems to work for me although I do keep a few skinny skewers around, too.
Good Luck, Ed
i didn't see a clear explanation of how to uncouple kadee couplers with a skewer in other threads, so i'll ask again. If someone can point me to a good post, great
sometimes i insert the skewer, give it a little twist, the cars uncouple and move apart. Most times, it's not that easy. Can't figure out what i'm doing when it works.
i'm using a skewer, thin stick. I've filed an end flat and narrow.
i assume the skewer should be inserted between the 2 movable parts of the coupled, the middle of the 3 spaces when 2 couplers are coupled.
i've seen a video where someone soldered a small blade to a piece of rail to do uncoupling. Makes me wonder if my skewer is still too thick. But I've also seen someone with a relatively blunt skewer push it into the couplers and they come apart
i also wonder of some of the motion should not only be a twist, but also move to the side to push one of the couplers away from one another. Maybe nothing more than a push to the side?
of course all of this is a little hard to see in the small unlit space between the cars so there may be some "feel" to it.
greg - Philadelphia & Reading / Reading