Hi, guys
Looks like too many of you have been in gouged knuckles country. My, what a
collection of removal appliances and friendly household advice - electric
drills, blow torches, FBH's - and splitters. Anyone used dynamite or Semtex
yet? Went there, did that - long ago!
Now here's a thing. When the job's finally finished, it's unwise to assume
its done for good. Remember friend Murphy and his Law? A time might come in
the not too distant future when you've got to take it all to pieces to do
something in a closely related area and all that hard work has to be
undone.
Where you've got close mating faces of materials likely to bind or seize,
some form of anti-seize compound might be a wise precaution PROVIDING you
administer it very sparingly. Grease could wash off, molybdenum is a bit
better and a high melting point copper lube is usually the best. It's the
sort of thing morons in tyre centres with air wrenches ought to apply (but
rarely do) to wheel nuts. I've used it for years and it can make a
tediously long job a lot quicker to complete if you have to dismantle at a
later date. As a matter of fact, I've still got two unused tubes of
something called 'Compound 5' made by ICI, several of which 'hid' in my
toolbox in London. Now long discontinued, about the colour (but not the
smell) of runny faecies and a mixture of moly and copper. Excellent stuff!
John Mac
Now in the same museum as the cars he sold when they were new
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