When I was building my Locomotive Workshop brass engines, I tried to cushion #4 drawbars to reduce the shock when starting a train. I tried to use HO truck springs, however, they were too thick and would bind on the coupler cover boxes. I got them to work, after a fashion, but never as well as I would have liked. I've never gone back and experimented further.
boB Nicholson _________________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "pickycat95" <pickycat95@...> wrote: > > I've been taking time between layouts after our move to upgrade cars > including reducing slack in the 802s by the method included in the > instructions. The rod inside the spring restricts the side-to-side action of > the coupler. I think the amount of the restriction depends upon the length > of the rod and if the rod is too short then there is no reduction in the > back-and-forth slack or the reduction in slack is not worth the effort. > Assembling the couplers with the rod in the spring is yet another learned art > of eye-hand coordination. Those little rods just love to slide out of the > spring if you tip it the wrong way from the bench to the coupler box. > Testing coupled cars with the reduced slack on Lionel's AF FastTrack curve > has not revealed a problem with restricted side-to-side. > > My first field test of the modified couplers was on Ken's layout with the 24 > coal porters. It was great to see the train start without all the slack and > the associated noise. > Ben Trousdale > > --- In [email protected], "richgajnak" <rustytraque@> wrote: > > > > > > I started to double up the centering springs about a year ago. It seems to > > reduce the slack bouncy-bouncy quite a bit with no ill effects. I don't > > know if it affects the magnetic uncoupling, I only do manual uncoupling. > > > > Rich G(ajnak) > > > > > > --- In [email protected], North Stratford <nsrc119@> wrote: > > > > > > Group, > > > According to the instructions packaged with Kadee couplers, it is > > > possible to reduce/eliminate the slack action, see attached illustration. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Matt Hogan > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
