[R-390] Cleaning R-390 gears in place before lube

[Raymond Cote]

Hi Frank!
 Those gears are pretty clean compared to many I've seen!
Anyway good luck in your quest!


If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. 

> On Jul 29, 2014, at 18:20, "Frank Hughes" <fsh396ss at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Great discussion on the lubricant issue!
> Before I can lubricate, I have to clean the ancient crud off.
> I am lazy, want to try to just spray Trichloroethylene straight down the
> gear train and see what
> it removes.
> Possibly also use compressed air to remove the larger chunks.
> Is this a bad idea, as a preliminary attempt?
> 
> UGLY GEARS:
> http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x257/fish1_07/R-390/r390_gears2_zps451cb34e.jpg
> http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x257/fish1_07/R-390/R390_gears1_zpsf677a220.jpg
> 
> 73
> Frank
> KJ4OLL
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