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Re: Cosmoline removal

To: "'Ron Soave'" <soavero@yahoo.com>, "'Spridgets'"
Subject: Re: Cosmoline removal
From: Lester Ewing <lewing@sport.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:33:37 -0500
umm if brake fluid will remove metal then one of two things should be  
of concern:


1.      VERY short lived brake system or

2.      VERY poor condition old bearings.. you decide..  ;-)

Lester


On Apr 6, 2007, at 8:11 PM, Ron Soave wrote:

> So I'm popping some new bearings into a 1275 last
> night, they are NOS Vandervells slobbered in
> cosmoline. I do the first 2, cleaning with WD40 and
> lots of rag action. They mic perfectly, all seems
> good. I decide to try brake cleaner on the 3rd set,
> cosmoline comes right off, so does a little of the
> tri-metal!  Not good, so I pop in some Israeli
> tri-metals that are supposed to be pretty good instead
> (I hope). But the question is - what's good to clean
> off cosmoline? Should the brake cleaner have taken of
> the top coat of metal??? Were the NOS vandies too old?
>
> Ron




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