--- In [email protected], "Roy Meissner" <rmeissner@...> wrote:
>
> I made a jig to hold the coupler box while I put the spring in it. This way,
> the coupler box is steady while putting the spring in. I use a spring pick to
> handle the spring. I can post a picture of it if anyone wants to see it.
>
> Roy J Meissner
>
> Roy, I too use a jig to hold the Kadee box bottom portion with room for the
> gladhand shank. The one thing I do to cut way down on the slack action is
> insert a short piece of styrene rod inside the spring. I've tried brass rod
> and found that the styrene works just as well and easier to cut ( I like a
> nice flat end on the cuts, with brass rod I need to make a couple file swipes
> to eliminate the "pinch" ends from sidecutters.)
Bud Rindfleisch
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