--- On Thu, 3/26/09, Joel Gilbert <pgsagilb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I talked to my repairman over the weekend, and he and I
> talked about how I
> oil my horn. Basically I was over oiling the bearings of
> the rotors, and in
> doing so the oil was covering the sides of the rotors and
> slowing everything
> down. He suggested that I rise out my rotors with rubbing
> alcohol and then
> just reoil the sides of the rotors. After doing this,
> everything has worked
> significantly better. Instead of oiling the bearings
> everyday, now I just
> oil the bearing when either they start making noise or once
> a week.
Maybe something better would be 91% isopropyl alcohol, found in any drug
store. Someone told me there might be undesirable additives in some kinds of
rubbing alcohol.
Bill
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