Juice du Jour (Lubricants for Action Centers)

[dpitsch]

So why is it that some times the alcohol & water solution works, many tim es it
does not?  I am talking new bushings by the way, so no room to claim some prior
technician added a foreign substance, or dirt/polution/corrosion/whatever is
involved.

Don wrote:

> Hi Jim Bryant,
>
> If we are trying to get the flange to swell then *why* are we applying the
> water on the bushing? And if all you want to do is *press* the felt, why
> not just use dry heat!
>
> At 11:28 PM 3/12/98 EST, you wrote:
> >
> > Z, Z, Z,  we/I have not communicated to you properly I fear.  This because
> >the Alcohol/Water solution does not "shrink the bushings" per se. What
> happens
> >with the application of the solution, is that the water causes the flange to
> >swell, which presses the bushing cloth tighter against the pin, which causes
> >the wood around the hole in the flange to compress ever so slightly, and when
> >the whole shebang has dried back out the flange is looser than when the
> >operation began...whew!
>
> ><<"What kind of alcohol works best?">>
> > I prefer denatured alcohol but some others use rubbing alcohol and/or wood
> >alcohol.
>
> The usual denaturing agent in alcohol is oil. I am not sure about the
> rubbing alcohol except that it is very hydroscopic, so that *open* bottle
> has lots of water in it.
>
> >Jim Bryant (FL)
> >
> >
> Regards, Don