You jest, what is babbit.
...Art
On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Carol wrote:
> At 05:34 PM 9/23/97 -0400, terry bettinger wrote:
> >Carol,
> > I once heard of a fellow who had loose rear splines on his midget
> >from years of heavy use. To solve the problem, he laid the car on its
> >side and poured hot babbit material into the worn splines filling the
> >gaps and making everything tight again. I thought sense you own a
> >midget, this info might come in handy if yours ever wears out.
>
> Thanks for the tip, Terry! I may resort to it in 20 years or so when the
> new wires and hubs begin to wear... on the MGA!
>
> As Art says: Proximate, but no panatella!
>
> No midgets here. Maybe you're thinking of Susan. She stands on her toes on
> the floorboards to change out the lights on the tach face! :-)
>
> Now, I will ask (and lordy, I hope I'm not walking into another word trap!)
> what "babbit material" is...
>
> Carol
>
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