I want to put one Kadee #27 coupler on the rear of my Life-like track cleaning car.
How does one get the truck off?
I t hink the LifeLike trucks have a split prong cast into the truck frame, which snaps into a hole in the truck bolster. Some Model Power cars had a pin holding the truck on, but I’m sure that LifeLike always have used a cast-on prong.
Either way, if you pull the truck straight down firmly, but gently, it should come off. After converting the coupler, snap it back on.
My experience is that over time the split prong fails if you remove the truck a few times. I plugged the hole with styrene rod, smoothed it, drilled a new hole and replaced the trucks with better ones held in place with a screw
Dave Nelson