Billy,
I finally had time to dig out my in progress, but stalled Sunset Geeps
last night. The style Sunset used does not contain the 'pockets' used
to hold the mud cable ends. Their design is a sloped panel in it's
stead. I measured it roughly at 14", So at this point we don't know if
a few extra inches will cause problems or not. I would assume that the
Sunset pilots have a prototype, but haven't researched that part yet.
I've never had an coupling issue with my GP-30's which seem to have the
same pilot steps and Kadee 804's. And I've never had an issue with the
original Sunset GP-9's with #5's either. It's the American Models
pilots with the BTS replacements that have caused the steps to touch.
My radii in this area is roughly 39".
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 8/27/2013 4:52 PM, Bob Werre wrote:
Bill, You might have been better off keeping the Sunset front
steps. I replaced the front steps on the AM gp-9's some years ago
and found that two units won't couple with standard Kadee's (#5). I
had to use some long shank couplers to avoid problems on curves. I
think the BTS castings might be on the large side.
Published drawings of Geeps show the step extends out from the pilot
face 18-19". The B.T.S. casting is 18.5 scale inches deep.
Take care
Bill
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