Action friction reduction question

Roger Jolly baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca
Mon, 04 Sep 2000 16:10:32 -0600


Hi Kristinn,
                 50/50 alcohol and water.  Use a hypo with a long needle
and soak them.  The alcohol acts as a wetting agent, to get the water to
where you need it.
Roger

At 06:59 PM 03/09/00 +0000, you wrote:
>Thanks Roger,
>
>sizing... uh does that mean soaking?  And what proportions?
>
>Kristinn
>
>
>
>At 11:20 3.9.2000 -0600, you wrote:
>>Hi Kristinn,
>>                   If the centre's look clean, no verdigris, and you have a
>>lot of sluggish centre's.
>>Try sizing the bushing's with alcohol and water, leave 24hrs to dry
>>naturally.  It will save a lot of work and give consistent results. Drying
>>with a hair drier tends to over shrink the bushings.
>>Regrads Roger
>>
>>
>>At 05:06 PM 03/09/00 +0000, you wrote:
>> >
>> >Hey List
>> >
>> >I´m just about to take a spinet action and check out all the centers.
It´s
>> >had some sticking problems
>> >I´ll start by lubing, figured I´d let it wait a little.  Then check each
>> >pin, and do some reaming and replacement.
>> >
>> >I was just wandering whether there´s anything else interesting I could do
>> >e.g. letting it sit out in the sun, put a blow dryer on it etc. :)
>> >
>> >No honestly.  Do you have any suggestions?  (scientifically proven methods
>> >or not) <G>
>> >
>> >Just taking advantage of ALL knowledge out there,
>> >
>> >Kristinn Leifsson
>> >Reykjavík, Iceland
>> >
>>Roger Jolly
>>Saskatoon, Canada.
>>306-665-0213
>>Fax 652-0505
> 
Roger Jolly
Saskatoon, Canada.
306-665-0213
Fax 652-0505


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