Lionel Centipede AA Problem

Its been some time since I've run my Centipede but I did have the same problem from time to time. To be honest I had so many issues running the engines I got disgusted and put them back in box and have not run them since.

Which diaphrams are you using? I had to change mine to the shorter ones. The full size ones would catch each other on curves and detail the trucks. And I only had the problem running in reverse. The shorter ones give that extra bit of space needed. I think u really need larger curves to use the full size diaphrams.

I'm using the diaphrams that came with the engine. I ran them again in forward & watched closely where the problem was & it appeared the shell was riding on top of the truck & them dropped back down towards the end of the curve. My problem was even if I ran a single unit I had the same problem. The other unit ran flawlessly . Seems like that one unit needed a little more space between the truck & shell. Maybe it just needs a washer. Really sucks for a VL item to have that problem.