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Date:         Wed, 8 Jun 2011 10:01:01 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: syncro - heads up on potential power steering line issue
Comments: To: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <BED1A49E-DB62-46D9-AA36-C9A82F6D1D65@aol.com>
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At 05:30 AM 6/8/2011, Frank Condelli wrote:
>         Well, there's a novel idea !  A plastic covered cable
> wearing through a metal line !  I don't think so.  Those metal
> power steering lines are just simply rusting away !  Replace them
> with my hoses > www.frankcondelli.com/hose.htm


Frank, it's perfectly plausible.  Machinists use the principle for
fine fitting/sizing of parts, using a tool called a lap which is made
of a soft material (often copper) charged with abrasive.  Rust
particles and road sand are perfectly valid abrasives for steel, and
there could also be fretting corrosion occurring.


Yours,
David
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