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Re: Leaking shifter rod seals

To: Todd Bermudez <fattr6@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Leaking shifter rod seals
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 15:45:27 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Todd Bermudez wrote:

> oops...no oil...live & learn

yah, installing steel bolts into aluminium causes galling of the
aluminium... if you're lucky the threads are weak. If you're unlucky, you
pull a few out (and you get to learn how to heli-coil.

Latah and happy new year.
rml
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