Bachmann Spectrum N&W J Class 4-8-4 derailing problems

[nachoman]

I found a photo of just the drawbar on the bachmann website:

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I can't quite tell from this photo, but it looks like there may be some flash in four locations on the drawbar, on each of the four arms near the "pins". You may want to take your drawbar off to make sure there isn't any flash. Did the locomotive and tender come attached, or did you have to do that yourself? It looks like there are two screws that hold the locomotive drawbar assembly on, and one that holds the tender assembly on. Is it possible to remove the screws and place some sort of a spacer washer between the drawbar bracket and the locomotive or tender body? What you need is the drawbar attachment to be a bot sloppy so that the drawbar can rock a bit.