Rail polish

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Hairybiker59
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Rail polish

Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:12 pm

I’m going to polish the rail on my s410...after polishing should it be run dry or is a little oil needed...should the inside of the hammer be cleaned too?

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Roger5
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Re: Rail polish

Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:27 pm

Hairybiker59 wrote:I’m going to polish the rail on my s410...after polishing should it be run dry or is a little oil needed...should the inside of the hammer be cleaned too?

I always leave it dry, and just pull clean rag through the hammer. Rog

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TenMetrePeter
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Re: Rail polish

Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:35 am

Agreed. Any liquid oil on the hammer rail, particularly silicone, will slow down the hammer dramatically. Hammer rails should be dry.
The science - frictional (dry) drag between two surfaces is independent of velocity. Viscous (oily) drag is proportional to the square of velocity. So a viscous oil will limit to a terminal velocity quickly, in this case before it hits the valve. Useful for slow close toilet seats but not hammer rails.
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Re: Rail polish

Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:05 am

Some leave it dry with no oil and some use GT40 type lube that isn’t sticky and is wiped on then buffed off. GT40 is used on bike chains that doesn’t want to attract dirt

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Re: Rail polish

Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:25 pm

ive just done my cousins hammer rail just waiting for seals coming. I’ve got a 2010 tdr that I would like to do but it’s fitted with anti tamper so I can’t access it

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TenMetrePeter
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Re: Rail polish

Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:06 pm

I'm surprised nobody said "..oh yes you can..."

but there's plenty of anti tamper removal videos on Youtube for S400 S410 etc. You dont have to remove the power regulation antitamper as far as I know so you can keep "legal" but there hangs another controversy if you polish the rail so well that the power gets too hot. Make sure to have access to a chrono.

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