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[MRA]

found one..

http://www.reagent.co.uk/acetone

At £85 per 25L drum plus shipping for a dangerous chemical and VAT on top I guess it isn't cheap is it :-(

[Tamworthbay]

I use cutting oil and it costs me £85 per 25L drum :-(

Where would you get Acetone from though ?

That's cheap for cutting oil! MJC are closer to £140 for 25l and that would last me 20 years. I get the acetone from an industrial chemical supplier, you need proof of what it will used for but its not a major problem. Pretty much any local supplier will do it. Prices vary, I think the last lot I got worked out about £1.50 a litre. Paraffin is over £3 a litre where i get it from. I dont use a lot, so would guess you could get it a lot cheaper if you buy in bulk. Panel wipe used to be less than a fiver for 5 litres, aahhhh them were the days.....

[Tamworthbay]

I have used CFS, but never for acetone, and they are very good:

http://www.cfsnet.co...cetone_533.html

The 25l is the size I get, so they are a bit more expensive than my local, but they do delivery. The big drum works out very cheap!

Edit: did a quick search and there are loads. These seem pretty cheap:

http://www.ecfibregl...10-acetone.aspx

Edited by Tamworthbay, 11 March 2013 - 08:42 PM.

[MRA]

Whats MJC ?

cheap you say, but then again I use nearly 10 at a time.

[Tamworthbay]

Whats MJC ?

cheap you say, but then again I use nearly 10 at a time.

My brain fade! It's MSC

http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/nnsrhm

We get a lot of stuff from them but their prices go up and down very regularly with big discounts for bulk buys which doesn't help us.

[myredmini]

Just use brake cleaner in an aerosol can and a tooth brush and give it a good clean out.

[MRA]

That works well if the arm isn't full of grease as is the case in so many radius arms :-(

[ANON]

ultrasonic bath

[brum,brum,mike]

hmmm, interesting...

This looks quite interesting (yet very disgusting!) too -



Anyone know how to remove that pin?

Edited by brum,brum,mike, 12 March 2013 - 06:42 PM.

[MRA]

Compressed air is potentially very dangerous, even more so with grease added to the equation.

[JVA10L]

hmmm, interesting...


Anyone know how to remove that pin?

The pin is a very tight interference fit in the arm and has to be removed with a big press. There is a circlip on the back where the shock absorber pin is so you have to press it out from front to back.

[Dan]

By pin do you mean the stub axle that has been removed in the video? You need a minimum 10 tonne press, preferably a 12 tonne one.

[MRA]

I use a 20 tonne press and often, a little extra heat. However I would agree with Dan that a 10 or 12 tonne press would in most cases be sufficient to do the job.

[Vipernoir]

A compressed air grease gun filled with water would push out the grease in that manner a bit more safely and then allow a good run through with Jizer.

I may have just justified a compressed air greae gun to myself...