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Originally posted by KevinP73
Is the inside of the tube e-coated? If not how about installing a thin fibre washer at the intersetcion of the plunger and the knob. This can serve as a seal or a gasket to prevent any solutiion from entering the assembly. Then during the e-coat process if you can plug the main body (the big tube) with a cork or perhaps high temp rubber plug (as in powder coating) to prevent any solution from entering from the inside.
Hard to describe but I think you get the jist of it.
Yes, the inside does get coated, otherwise that would work great. The tube itself is simple DOM steel so it's a corrosion issue.

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