RE: (erielack) HO Tangent DL&W Gons

[pat.moore_@_att.net]

Paul,

At least it was an easy solution.  Does this put the coupler height too high?  Or, parhaps, was the coupler height not high enough to begin with?

- -pat moore

- --- On Sun, 8/1/10, Paul R. Tupaczewski <paultup_@_comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Paul R. Tupaczewski <paultup_@_comcast.net>
> Subject: RE: (erielack) HO Tangent DL&W Gons
> To: "'Paul R. Tupaczewski'" <paultup_@_comcast.net>, "'EL Mail List'" <erielack@lists.railfan.net>
> Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 12:07 PM
> Folks,
> 
> As a follow-up to the "sticking wheel Tangent gons" post
> from before, I put
> a pair of Kadee .010 washers (the gray ones) onto the
> DL&W car, and it rolls
> effortlessly now. A cheap solution, but like Bill said,
> this whole mess has
> taken a bit of the "shine" off this $32 car!
> 
> Regardless, I'm still pleased with my purchase.
> 
>     - Paul
> 
> 
> 
> > I did hear back from Tangent, and they're apparently
> very 
> > troubled about the reports of "dragging cars" (they
> mention 
> > that it appears to affect the DL&W and PRR cars,
> but oddly 
> > not the PC ones!). Their recommendation was to put a
> Kadee 
> > .010 shim washer between the truck and the bolster,
> which 
> > hopefully will raise the car floor up just enough so
> that the 
> > flanges don't rub. Now, to find my stock of Kadee
> washers!
> > 
> >     - Paul
> > 
> 
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