umm if brake fluid will remove metal then one of two things should be
of concern:
1. VERY short lived brake system or
2. VERY poor condition old bearings.. you decide.. ;-)
Lester
On Apr 6, 2007, at 8:11 PM, Ron Soave wrote:
> So I'm popping some new bearings into a 1275 last
> night, they are NOS Vandervells slobbered in
> cosmoline. I do the first 2, cleaning with WD40 and
> lots of rag action. They mic perfectly, all seems
> good. I decide to try brake cleaner on the 3rd set,
> cosmoline comes right off, so does a little of the
> tri-metal! Not good, so I pop in some Israeli
> tri-metals that are supposed to be pretty good instead
> (I hope). But the question is - what's good to clean
> off cosmoline? Should the brake cleaner have taken of
> the top coat of metal??? Were the NOS vandies too old?
>
> Ron
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