Just an idea, but what about that "Fexi-coat" stuff. (Used to make new
handles on tools and such)
Maybe you can paint it on. Once it hardens, it's airtight. It will also
prevent little nicks and such during storage. Then you can cut it off when
you need the part.
NOTE: it is only an idea. I have no knowledge of whether or not it would
work.
Inch
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Mike Sloane
<msloane@att.net> To: Larry Hoy
<larryhoy@Prodigy.Net>
Sent by: cc: Susan and John Roper
<vscjohn@huntnet.net>,
shop-talk-owner@auto Duncan120@aol.com,
gerrybraz@voyager.net,
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Subject: Re: Storing Parts
08/07/00 06:46 AM
Please respond to
Mike Sloane
It is easy enough to build a simple wooden stand with vertical pieces to
support the
crankshaft by the mains, but the contact between the metal and wood would
invite
corrosion. Maybe a piece of wax paper between the wood and metal...
WD-40 ("Water Displacement-40") is all but useless for long term storage -
it
evaporates after a while. I have had very good luck with something called
"Plow-Kote", used by farmers for storing agricultural implements outdoors.
It dries
as a heavy black paint that only mineral spirits can remove. Industrial
supply
vendors also have plastic-like spray coatings that are sold for storing
machinery
outdoors or on ships in transit. I have a friend who maintains hydraulic
systems on
off-shore oil rigs - maybe he has a recommendation...
Mike
Larry Hoy wrote:
> I think no matter how you lay a crank down, the weight will not be evenly
> distributed over the entire length. Some portion will be "bridging" the
surface
> it is laying on. In an engine the crank is supported at each main
journal.
> Anyway, when I visit my crankshaft shop he has them all standing on end.
Good
> enough for me!
>
> As far as a preservative it's my understanding that was the original
intent of
> WD40 was as a preservative, it just happens to get rid of squeaks too.
>
> Larry Hoy
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net
> >[mailto:shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Susan and John Roper
> >Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 8:32 PM
> >To: Duncan120@aol.com
> >Cc: gerrybraz@voyager.net; kmr@pil.net; shop-talk@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: Storing Parts
> >
> >
> >
> >I think more properly that you don't want to lay them on a
> >hard(concrete)floor, as over time they could take a slight set. My
> >understanding is that so long as the surface is not unyeilding, no
problem.
> >John
> >
> >Duncan120@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >> In a message dated 8/6/00 8:47:21 PM Central Daylight Time,
> >> gerrybraz@voyager.net writes:
> >>
> >> << Why? Do they make great wind chimes?....seriously, why? >>
> >>
> >> Well, that's what I heard over the past years (25 or so) so they don't
> >> distort or "bend."
> >> I can't quote the exact source but it may have been one of Smokey's
tech
> >> articles or
> >> maybe a picture of a NASCAR shop ?
> >>
> >> Ron
> >
> >
> >
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