A rod which couples the driving wheels of a locomotive, enabling them to act as a unit.
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- The chassis is only gear-driven to the rear axle, the coupling rods transferring the drive.
- This is to hold the 4 penny washers in place which in turn hold the coupling rods on the pins.
- The big end bearing on the right hand coupling rod had some white metal repaired, by puddling up.
- If you haven't built it yet - do so - fuse it to the coupling rod or the wheel - it doesn't matter which.
- The next step was the fluting of the main and coupling rods, an easy operation on the vertical mill.
- Additional clearance can be generated by counterboring the coupling rod to accept the head of the bush.