Fight acid with lube.Mechanics, a little battery acid in the wrong place will damage more than batteries. You have to worry about what's under the batteries, too. In the case of your M88A1 recovery vehicle, that's the steering linkage Noun 1. steering linkage - mechanism consisting of a system of rods and levers connected to the front wheels of a motor vehicle; the steering gear pushes it left or right which swivels the front wheels, causing the vehicle to turn bell crank Bell´ crank` 1. A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery. assembly. The assembly is to the side and below the battery box, so any battery leakage usually ends up on it, too. If it's not lubed regularly, the resulting corrosion makes the rods brittle. Eventually, they break. So, before you lube the steering linkage bell crank assembly quarterly with GAA GAA Goals Against Average (Hockey) GAA Gaelic Athletic Association GAA Gravure Association of America (Rochester, NY) GAA German Agro Action GAA Global Aquaculture Alliance GAA Gay Activists Alliance , carefully wipe off any corrosion you find with a rag. If the corrosion is heavy, use a solution of water and baking soda baking soda: see sodium bicarbonate. . Wear rubber gloves to protect your hands. Next, put a light coat of GAA on the outside of the assembly, then use your grease gun to lube normally. The GAA protects the assembly from battery corrosion until it's time to lube again. |
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