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Re: Alcohol / Pinchrollers

2007-11-24 by partune

Thanks! At long last I have a use for my Dremel!!!

reagards,
partune

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> If you must use alcohol, denatured alcohol works fine. Oiling pinch 
rollers  
> is a temporary fix, at best. Oil attracts dirt and the rollers 
eventually 
> stick  again. I usually pop the roller out of the key spring 
(carefully) and clean 
> the  axle with a Dremel tool and a wire wheel. Then I clean and 
deburr the 
> inside of  the hub until it spins freely on the axle. I then 
reinsert the axle 
> and roller  into the spring. and re-peen the axle ends. This is a 
permanent 
> fix. The roller  will never again require oil.
>  
> Frank II
> 
> 
> 
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