In a message dated 11/10/01 9:18:22 PM, Auraltuner@AOL.COM writes: << Jim, I don't agree. Whenever I have found verdigris, I have found wax in the *flanges*. >> Dave isn't this kinda like the statistic that says "everyone who eats carrots will die"? :-) My first reply was to your comment: <<"It isn't the flanges you need to replace, it is the shanks. The shanks have the bushings.">> What I said was "Dave, it ain't the *bushings* causing the verdigris" and by your words you say that "Whenever I have found verdigris, I have found wax in the *flanges*"... and <<"When the flanges have been dry cleaned, the pins don't corrode.">>..........now I'm just a po suthern boy but down heah flanges and bushings are different thingees. So have I missed the point or What? So let me understand........ if the "flanges" are waxy and need cleaning because the pins are corroding and, after cleaning the "flanges" the pins don't corrode, what is causing the verdigris? If you will look at a 'verdigrided' shank you will find that the preponderance of build-up is on the inside of the forks where there is close contact with the "flange" and a lesser amount on the outside of the forks where there is no contact with the flange. If the "bushing" were causing the verdigris wouldn't the green stain be rather uniform throughout the centers? And if the "bushings" were causing the verdigris just where does the verdigris come from that is on 'most' verdigris infected:) action's 'drop screws'?? But then my powers of deduction might be suspect I suppose. :-) Jim Bryant (FL)
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