Snowflake rear wheel leaking?

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Duane Ausherman
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Re: Snowflake rear wheel leaking?

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What ever happened to silicone James?
Ask the Indians what happens when you don't control immigration.
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Re: Snowflake rear wheel leaking?

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Duane Ausherman wrote:What ever happened to silicone James?
I wonder if I have any of the old emails with directions to his house.
I could stalk him.
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Re: Snowflake rear wheel leaking?

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Whats wrong with silicone ? ;)
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Toga wrote:Whats wrong with silicone ? ;)
Silicone doesn't do ridiculous things with silicone; people do ridiculous things with silicone, and James was the King.
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Re: Snowflake rear wheel leaking?

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In the distant past when James last replied he was having some problems that were not bike related.
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Re: Snowflake rear wheel leaking?

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daz wrote:In the distant past when James last replied he was having some problems that were not bike related.
Hence the need for a F2F.

How about we find out where he lives, and crash his place next May with a surprise rally? :mrgreen:
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Re: Snowflake rear wheel leaking?

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I haven't had the opportunity to test this notion, but you might rap on the rivets with a steel rod or some such instrument and see if the leaking one makes a different sound.
Boiler inspectors used to use a little hammer and a steel ball welded onto a long thin steel rod to test for loose rivets.
Hold the end of the rod, place the ball on the rivet and rap the vessel near the rivet; a "dead rivet" won't bounce the ball.
Doesn't have to be a boiler either, could be a riveted tank.
We could digress further....
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Re: Snowflake rear wheel leaking?

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I've been a boilermaker for over thirty years.
Haven't made a boiler yet........
I was a fireman for a coupla three years too.
Never lit one or put one out.
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Re: Snowflake rear wheel leaking?

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ME 109 wrote:I've been a boilermaker for over thirty years.
Haven't made a boiler yet........
I was a fireman for a coupla three years too.
Never lit one or put one out.
At least in the old days you would have fed one.
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Re: Snowflake rear wheel leaking?

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I think he drinks 'em.
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