Paul, Just wait until you come across a paper clip bent so as to take the place of the coil spring under a jack on a vertical, or a popsicle stick stuck behind a loose bass brige apron to stop the "rattling", or, or, or........ :-) Isn't it fun being retired? :-) I've still got a few more to do though because I got a late start in university work. Avery >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 >> > >>
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