actually, according to the wonderful folks at kd, if you put a piece
of 3/64" rod (type doesn't matter, but they recommended styrene or
abs) they should take care of the slack, you just
have to figure out the correct length (for slack purposes) they also
recommend acc'ing the rod to the back of the coupler to secure it,
personally i like the 1295'2, i just wish the prc would quit putting
them together upside down
mel perry
On May 18, 2012, at 10:57 AM, ardeng wrote:
Don - What do you mean - in addition to the std. spring or instead?
Karnes does it instead. That does not reduce the slack length. It
just stops the car from bobbing while the train is running.
What would help in the 802 is a piece of steel rod inside the std.
spring. It needs to be just slightly shorter than the slot length.
Then you still get centering but less slack - although still too
much in my opinion. AG
>
> Dear Arden,
> If you do not need the magnetic uncoupling, you can drop a small
truck spring into the coupler box and that will minimize the slack
action.
> Don
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> On May 15, 2012, at 3:24 AM, ardeng wrote:
>
> > Dave- The 1295 has the same car separation as the 802. I wish
it were less, i.e. closer to prototype. Functionally they are fine.
I prefer their lack of slack slop. The 802's are ridiculous in that
regard. You get enough slack just with the knuckle's loose spacing.
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