<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 10/11/01 1:06:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, JIMRPT@AOL.COM writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Dave, it ain't the bushings causing the verdigris</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>Jim, I don't agree. Whenever I have found verdigris, I have found wax in the flanges. New pins just corrode, and very quickly. The corrosion causes the sluggisness (I believe). When the flanges have been dry cleaned, the pins don't corrode. This is as close as I can get to cause-and-effect without doing hard science on the matter.
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<BR>Dave</FONT></HTML>