UFO guide pins

[Brett Dikeman]

At 5:16 PM -0400 8/19/04, Brett Dikeman wrote:
>What am I missing?  The UFO calipers seem to have the guide pins 
>pressed in and inaccessible for the purposes of 
>disassembly/cleaning/inspection/relubing

Nevermind...I figured out how to get them apart. Duh, the boot on the 
big pin.  I don't know why I thought it would be different from the 
way the rears work.  Of course I nicked it despite being exceedingly 
careful...hopefully a little superglue or something will fix that up 
(Peter has suggested the "dip" stuff for coating wires, tool handles, 
etc).  Might give it a shot if the temp rating is high enough.

Well, that's that. But I still can't figure out why the heck the 
lower guide pin has no grease, boot, etc- although it does look 
slightly superficial compared to the upper guide....uh..."pin"... 
Yikes, it's big...

Anyone know if the boot is available separately?  Looks about ready 
to throw in the towel.

Brett
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