ShimanoFan wrote:

Aquaftm45 wrote:Come on, you gotta follow through with that slam dunk...

I guess this stuff would be alright...

Yep. We have those too.

Unfortunatly (or fortunatly), I don't own any Shimano's..

Come on, you gotta follow through with that slam dunk...

I guess this stuff would be alright...

No sir, that was not the recommendation. Mineral spirits is what I use for soaking bearings sometimes. Not all the time though. We use various solvents but not acetone. What Shimano recommended did not contain a solvent. It was a specific lubricant you'll have to ask them about. I really have to tr...

ShimanoFan wrote: At the shop and at home I like to use plain old mineral spirits because it is a weak solvent and does not damage plastics. And it leaves behind a thin coat of oil.

So mineral spirits is Shimano's secret warranty sauce that was so covert it needed to be redacted from their email to you?

Cristo put together some gems. Hope they don't become shelf queens. Congrats..

All I wanted was a alternative to WAKOS and I end up with a bunch of WAKOS in a sword fight

Even the OP actually considered what was said and avoided acetone. Score another one for those of us trying to offer positive contributions to forums with only one purpose to help. OP here. Just for the record, I never considered using acetone, I never mentioned the word acetone. I was looking for ...

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QUAKEnSHAKE wrote:

Aquaftm45 wrote:


The spray can and the RPM device is for a quick flush not a deep cleaning. An acetone soak and US cleaner is for that purpose.

I actually called around town to some RC shops for the RPM Device, no one had it available. It looks like a good system to use.

I see now where this thread came from... the hedgehog website where I find this.. From the original author (me) and from my original post, I am taking Karil's (K.T.F, Yukihiro Sawamur's) advice on how to clean and prepare a new bearing or a slightly used one. He's kind of a big deal in the real tun...

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I thought the Alphas CT SV 70 was a joke. I guess it is real. It looks like a regular Alphas with spacers to use the 30m spool from the Steez CT. I don't see how the reel is an Alphas CT though. It's a good old platform though so it is good to see it still kicking. It might be a worth while investm...

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