[Shotimes] Fretting

[George Fourchy]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:36:04 -0500, Jim & Debbie Leyden wrote:

> It is a condition known as
>"fretting" that occurs when two metal parts work against each other.  

Interesting....

I've had several engines apart in the front, and the only one that had anything like
this sort of appearance was mine, with all the fine metal filings from the crank and
key spread out all over the place.  It sure looks like small spots of rust on that
sprocket in the picture.

Why doesn't this condition occur all the time, or at least, more often?

By the way, dictionary.com does not have this definition for this word....I checked
there, just to see if there were synonyms I could check out to find out more about
the process.



George