BLI J Class Tender Drawbar

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Totally hacked off. I gave away my Spectrum J Class to my nephew as I never used it - reason?

The dreadfully designed tender drawbar. It makes the locomotive / tender crab even with only four Walthers coaches.

One year on I see a BLI J for new on ebay so I go for it. It’s got the same set-up. I couldnt believe it. Oh and the set-up has the same performance. Nasty.

This has never hapened with any other locomotive and my min curve is 34". Normally I’m pretty pleased with my BLIs and PCMs. Not this one.

Anyone done an easy fix on this?

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Your reply is over on the BLI Forum and it sounds like that might be the problem.

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I have a BLI J type and have no issues you need to send your back to be fixed.