Originally Posted by David Minarik:
I installed the Kadees yesterday. I ended cutting the claw mount off of the truck. It went pretty fast. I was able to do both engines under an hour.
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I originally kept the scale wheel and axle set in the middle position but ran into some derailment problems and ended up turning off the flanges in a lathe. (MTH did not have the 3 axle sets in stock)
Dave
Now that's what I call commitment. Never though about blinding the flanges on the center axles