knuckle coupling

[Gac66610]

slight concern with these coupling, picture is fuzzy, but you can see they dont quite line up. just wondering what the easiest fix would be?

any advice appreciated

 

[Ronzzr11]

Kadee make couplings with heads at different heights, which would solve your problem. I suggest you have a look on their site, as they will list what couplers will fit your loco best. I also think you would do well, by getting a Kadee height gauge, so you can make sure that your rolling stock couple properly. http://kadee.com/
Ron

 

[GenSet]

+1 on kadee gauge

 

[Gac66610]

will do, have read a lot of different posts regarding Kadee couplers, appreciate the link!
I'm sure there will be quite a few 'tools' I'll need to acquire, appears my list has started.

Thanks for the replies.

 

[Midnught Special]

get the NMRA heigh gauge for couplers and then use that to help you figure out how high you need them to sit...

 

[MRLdave]

Ditto on the height gauge.........from the picture you can't tell if the coupler on the left is too low, or the one on the right too high, or maybe a little of both. Resolving the mismatch is relatively easy, but you can't just fix this one problem (unless you never change your consists) or you might just be creating a new problem when you couple to something else. Get the gauge and set ALL your stuff to the guage.

 

[Gac66610]

Ditto on the height gauge.........from the picture you can't tell if the coupler on the left is too low, or the one on the right too high, or maybe a little of both. ..... Get the gauge and set ALL your stuff to the guage.

Ooooh, I understand now! Can't just change this one to fit cause it may not work with another .... did not think of that ... thank you
edit: I trust my LHS should have one.

You could see it couldn't you ... it was like a light bulb went on above me