>BTW - if you do get it apart, _never_ use any lubricant on the ferrule except >perhaps a very light coat of silicone spray. Any oil-based product will gum >up like crazy in salt water (can someone tell me why)?. If you already used >the old 3-in-One oil, you may need to do like Clyde and turn it into a one- >piece. Oh, of course you could also send it to the manufacturer and have them >restore it for a fee. I've been using Vasoline for a couple of years for easy breakdown. I haven't paddled much the last two years so don't truly know how effective it is, but so far it seems to work like a charm. Brian. -- =============================== Brian Heifner Rational Software Corporation Email: bheifner_at_rational.com =============================== *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 15 1999 - 15:36:54 PST
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