did you consider trying Thor's pilots? Maybe the SD45 pilots that he offers would be better?
I'm just thinking that the steps are not aligned and the gap is bigger for that reason. I do realize that MTH doesn't do everything perfect. Sometimes you have to make due.
I might have centered the narrower pilot steps to the shell's steps if I were trying to close the gap?
I did this on another model (a GE?) and the gap was so close that the metal brake air lines gave me issues. They would flop around and hit the pilot steps at times. So the gap when perfect, doesn't allow any room for error.
Hard to see what pilots Jeff used below?
