At 07:04 PM 11/03/2007 -0700, bruce thomson wrote:
>Don, Since I believe you can remove the adjusters from the caliper arms, I
would suggest soaking them in Coke a Cola, not Diet Coke, but the classic.
The high phosphoric acid content will dissolve the rust and is quiet
corrosive. Just look at todays teenagers. BT
>
>From stuff I've heard about soaking things in Coke, i.e., it will dissolve
a steel nail, I'd be afraid of it stripping the plating. Recently I've been
reading a lot of stuff about oxalic acid in Bike Forums; in that it
dissolves rust, but does not harm paint, steel or plating. It is also sold
as wood bleach in hardware stores.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada