Saturday, May 11, 2013

Naval Jelly

When Steven started working on the pitman rod, I realized that I was missing the very important adjustment pieces.  Then I found them; in the naval jelly. I had put them there on Sunday.   Oh boy did they clean up nicely.

I figured it was worth a try, so I stuck the cone bearings in some naval jelly and left them for a few days.

It was.


I rinsed and scrubbed that gunk off.   And they looked like new.  But I still couldn't budge them.  But boy were they clean

That naval jelly does work.  It will turn the item black but I scrubbed with a wire brush and it restored the metal look. 

No after photos.  Poor planning on my part.  But WAIT  there is more.  In the next post.

2 comments:

  1. One of the neighbors was working on a sewing machine. He said he used oven cleaner on a q tip to clean up an old gear. have you ever tried it?

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    1. Nope. I use Kerosene. That is toxic enough for me and it works well. Plus I don't have to worry about it spilling over on the the rest of the machine since it is a petroleum product.

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