Everything I ever touched when I worked for Waukesha engines (think
Cat only bigger) was coated in cosmoline. We washed it off in SK
sovent, or gas if no solvent was available. No loss of metal, ever.
Larry
On Apr 6, 2007, at 9:11 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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