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Problem Removing Athearn SD45-2 Coupler Box
Murray would like answers:
“What I thought would be an easy job has become a nightmare. I put my Athearn SD45-2 positioned upside down in my cradle, but can’t get the coupler box and coupler out. I pulled out the first coupler box screw, that that’s all. I even tried a screwdriver and a sharp craft knife blade to pry outwards leveraging on the truck. The whole pilot twists. It won’t come out. No way do I want to break off the whole front of the loco. Am I the only one with this problem?”
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Hate to admit it but a couple of times I put a drop of glue on the box while assembling it.
What sort of glue did use use. Remember, what you use in USA is not necessarily the same product in GOOD OLE AUSSIE.
If you’ve not glued the box in place, Try a small blade screwdriver in the box hole and push forward. Or a longer handled wide flat blade screwdriver, pry between truck and coupler pocket