Swollen bushings, eh. Two words: "Preparation B" Alan On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:17:43 EST Bigeartb@aol.com wrote: > Alan & Wim; > The guys at Schaff > tell me that Garfield pin block restorer has a > drying agent that can be used on bushings > swollen from too much humidity. I don't know > what this stuff will do to a tight bushing but > I'm going to try it. Protec releived all my > problems, freeing the flanges immediately, but > it didn't last. I wonder if your 8 to 10 swings > will continue or gradually re-tighten and slow > down? I'll bet the latter will happen. I'm > first going to try this alcohol/water trick > (vodka) and stablize the bushing then determine > if I should re-pin. I'm also going to try this > Garfield trick. > If you guys try > Garfield, please let me know. I'm going to try > this stuff on swollen bushings to see if it > will shrink them as Schaff says it should. > > Tommy Black > Decatur, Ala.
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