rust combat, 2nd installment, 1st phase

You found a deposit of aluminum oxide spicules in the shape of a fingerprint on a failed bearing...? -----

- gpsman

Old farmer trick. another good one is washing equipment that doesn't have a "fine finish" with Diesel fuel and letting it dry on.

You mean the cheap garden sprayer that's usually reserved for such duty?

IKYABWAI. You're so quick to accuse others of being ignorant when you proudly proclaim your own with every post.

OIL. Oil. You know, goes in looking like thick lager, comes out looking like thick Guinness. The stuff you (should) put in your engine.

It's a wonder you're still alive if you talk to people IRL using the same persona you use on Usenet. I'm guessing that you're about 5 foot

To steal a great line from a classic movie (which is less funny if you've ever served time in a cube farm) "you'd get your ass beat saying something like that, man."

Are you ever helpful? Pleasant? Offer any contribution of substance?

Nate

If you 'all would kill file him the problem would be solved. Replying to him just feeds the monkey.

failing, yes.

it's one of the reasons i bleat about repair hygiene from time to time. and it's the kind of reason why most rebuilt engines don't last anywhere near as long as original build even though their tolerances and materials can [in some cases] be better.

that explains why some engines and transmissions could be found in some folks living rooms

assuming the living room is not a run of the mill bachelor pig sty

Bearings come in a variety of sizes and Beam did not specify if said pattern was on a roller, ball, race, cone, shell, etc. Many bearing components even in common sizes have enough surface area to show a fingerprint pattern of contamination of one sort or another.