any new fix for an old problem

[Paul Kupelian]

Hi all,
Thanks so much for all the input.  Since I am not a drinking man, I didn't
have any bourbon, but it sure got a laff out of the rest of our chapter
members. 
I tried the Alcohol/water 24 hr method that jolly recommended and it
seems to have worked. I still have several more actions to try this
procedure on.  I noticed some of the dampers were slow as well and when I
took one off, I discovered someone had put a dab of glue on the outside of
the bushing apparently to keep the center pin from wandering.  Who comes
up with these schemes anyway?  Oh well, more job security.

Paul Kupelian, RPT    
kupelian@oswego.edu

On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, jolly roger wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>               Shrink the bushing cloth with 50% water/alcohol, leave for
> 24hrs to dry slowly.  It will shrink the bushing to size.
> If you speed dry, it tends to over size the bushings.
> Regards Roger
> 
> At 08:18 PM 2/23/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi All,
> >Since my retirement from my institutional work, I have been "out in the
> >field" at some local colleges and schools.  A Baldwin 243HP action was
> >treated several years ago with Naptha and mineral oil, and now gets very
> >sluggish at times.  After I treat it with Protek, everything is fine for a
> >while.  Is there any way short of replacing parts, pins and/or flanges, to
> >drive out the mineral oil?
> >
> >I'm hoping in time the Protek will, but I'm looking for more sage advice
> >from some of the old sages that have encountered the problem before.
> >
> >Paul Kupelian, RPT    
> >kupelian@oswego.edu
> > 
>