any new fix for an old problem

[jolly roger]

Hi Paul,
              Shrink the bushing cloth with 50% water/alcohol, leave for
24hrs to dry slowly.  It will shrink the bushing to size.
If you speed dry, it tends to over size the bushings.
Regards Roger

At 08:18 PM 2/23/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>Since my retirement from my institutional work, I have been "out in the
>field" at some local colleges and schools.  A Baldwin 243HP action was
>treated several years ago with Naptha and mineral oil, and now gets very
>sluggish at times.  After I treat it with Protek, everything is fine for a
>while.  Is there any way short of replacing parts, pins and/or flanges, to
>drive out the mineral oil?
>
>I'm hoping in time the Protek will, but I'm looking for more sage advice
>from some of the old sages that have encountered the problem before.
>
>Paul Kupelian, RPT    
>kupelian@oswego.edu
>