<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Mar 23, 2006, at 12:47 AM, Jim Harvey wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Oh yeah, try one of the best and easiest Harveyism's I've ever shared. When you "think" you've completed the repair, cycle the pedal a minimum of twenty (20) times. Down and up count as one cycle, not two. Count out loud, otherwise you'll cheat and do it eighteen times. This is for "normal" visits. You might double the count in this case. The point is to exercise the pedal the equivalent times as someone would do after playing the piano for a while (and after you've long since gone home) .</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>For that matter, 100 pumps is not that hard to do either. "One-e-and-uh,two-e-and-uh.........25-e-and-uh." Your arm can do this a lot faster than your leg, so down on your hands and knees....... I do this accelerated wear test after lubing pedal bearings which I don't trust.</DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>william ballard</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:wbps@vermontel.net">wbps@vermontel.net</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>