Reply to "My Kinematic couplers are beginning to pitch upward as the post bends on kinematic plate"

Big_Boy_4005OGR Forum Member

D&H 65 posted:
From what I see in the pictures provided, the "claw" is not bending, the POST it attaches too is doing the bending. Whether it be sub-standard Chinese pot metal, or under-designed for the load it needs to carry, the POST is the issue here, therefor, installing Kadee couplers or any other coupler is not going to fix this issue. The attaching post needs to be stronger to withstand the forces being put on it by the weight of the consist it is intended to support.
Either the post needs to be made stronger, or the plate it attaches to needs to be thicker in case the attaching plate is the actual culprit in this bending issue.

I haven't even taken mine out of the box yet, but if this is the case, it sounds like post reinforcement would be the answer.

3/12/1811:18 AM

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