I see knuckle couplers advertised with long, medium and short shanks. Is there a way to tell which I need? I live over 100 miles from a hobby shop, and the opportunity to look at these things is rare....
Thank you.
Don H.
Go to kadee.com - or specifically to pages like this one:
Many thanks. That's quite a resource.
Don H.
On 3/3/2008 12:33 AM Don Harstad spake thus:
That's one way to go, assuming you can find the model you want to fit in that chart. The other would be to take one of their standard couplers (a #5) to your model and see how it fits. If it sticks out too far, you need a short-shank coupler; not far enough, a long-shank one. (Likewise for overset- and underset-shank couplers, regarding coupler height.)
Simple...practical...efficient. I suspect that's why I didn't think of it myself!
Thank you.
Don H.
The short shank is just a redemption! boom ching...
There is also a coupler sampler kit available. I use that a lot...
Really, they aren't that expensive that one couldn't keep a small supply of each laying around. I think I have shorts, regulars & longs in high, center & low versions. That's only nine different choices and at a few bucks for each package, it's cheap insurance, especially when you are so far away from a hobby shop.
dlm
Very true. Frankly, the gas for one round trip would buy a fair supply via the net.
Don H.
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