Since, as Ed points out, the spring is asymmetrical, then installing it upside
down could affect the centering or the delay action.
I'm using Kadee #5's--cheap, reliable, easy to assemble, no snubbers to be
fabricated and installed. I do want to take a look at the Walthers couplers, I
just haven't got around to doing so.
Charles Weston
I have not tried that, but if the "spring" being discussed is the bonze
flat copper-colored metal part, it should be noted that one side-flap is
wider than the other. The wider side-flap has stonger spring action
than the narrower one. My suspicion is this unequal strength of the
centering action is to enable delayed uncoupling to happen properly.
Thus, the knuckle can open up without necessarily pulling the coupler
body off center. Or something like that.....
> The presenter was doing it the opposite
> way, which is also the way I have been assembling them.
I see no advantage to assembling the coupler spring upside down. Was the
presenter doing it intentionally or accidentally?
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