I used anhydrous lanolin in there to serve and protect.

alistair

On 2012-05-11, at 8:04 AM, David Beierl wrote:

> At 10:23 AM 5/11/2012, ralph meyermann wrote:
>> me plenty!!! And my good next door neighbor owns the machine shop in
>> town, lucky me!!!
>
> That's great because I wasn't kidding about the spacer sleeves.  Mine
> were shot, had to turn up a new pair.  I wonder if packing them in
> SilGlyde or something else non rubber-rotting might not be a bad idea
> so the water can't get in.  They're there so you have something to
> tighten up against, to get the right amount of compression on the
> rubber doughnuts.
>
> Yrs,
> d