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Originally Posted by johnman001 View Post
I clean things, send them out and have to re-clean them upon return AGAIN.
This is a very good point. Don't trust your parts that have been sent out for service/reconditioning to be suitably clean & ready reinstallation. Clean them again!

I had a set of rods rebuilt and neglected to take them apart and re-clean. When assembling one of the rods, I found the rod bolt felt "rough" when tightening. These rods are Pauter brand with bolts that thread into the rod body- no nuts. So you are tightening just the head.

Removed the offending bolt and found some grit around the shank of the bolt under the head. Leftover crud from the machine work. So I took all the rods and went thru them. Found more crud on others as well. Shame on me.
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