those pesky swings

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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.