2-4-4 forney item#25495 rear coupler draging

[jdycus]

out of the box coupler drags on rerailer and around curves whats wrong

[the Bach-man]

Dear j,
You may be able to solve the problem by bending the "air hose" up a little bit.
Have fun!
the Bach-man

[Sherwood]

My Forney does not have a coupler height problem with a center shank, but do check to make sure the knuckle is at the right height and it is only the "air hose" that is too low.  If the whole coupler seems to be low and there is not a problem with the rear truck making the whole engine slope down to the rear, you might be able to try an undershank coupler from one of the other cars.

This would be similar to the case of the original cabooses which came with the whole coupler too low and could be corrected by swapping the overshank for a center shank.

[trmwf]

Mine had the same problem.  All it needed was the screw holding the coupler in tightened up.  It was very very loose allowing coupler to hang down.

Mike