Thread: Wadkin PK Gen 4

Maybe a silicone spray would work better

Silicone Lubricant Spray | WD-40 Water Resistant Silicone | WD-40

Or maybe a sleeve of some variety over each thrust bearing, to keep out the worst of the dust.

Cheers, Vann.

Nigel - I went with your suggestion and using the WD-40 Silicon lube

Feels like progress now - Engine is back together again - hope it starts again. I had a can of gold chrome paint which I can't even remember why or when I got it - it's dressed up the motor nicely (or so I think anyway)

It's been about 1 year since I pulled the saw apart, whilst I did label bits and bolts, others not so much, trying to remember what is what is a bit hit and miss

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This is my method to keeping track of parts (mainly bolts) - at times I've got a bit carried away and lumped parts with others which I either loosely related or not related at all - my memory is as useless as a fishnet condom. So putting it all together has been a bit of guessing, trial and error & looking at reference pics that I took and what I can find on Google! I just hope I finish it all with a few bolts left over like I did in my late teens when I pulled out my motor in my 1974 Peugeot 504.

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Everyone likes a shiny knob of sorts. With limited tooling I did manage to get a bit of a shine on some parts. See pics 1, 2, 3 (in that order) + a bench grinder polish wheel was used in this example. I coat these parts with Renaissance™ wax (high quality blend of refined micro-crystalline waxes) which does make the surface a bit cloudy but protects it from the moisture in the atmosphere which causes exposed parts to get surface rust - not sure why but in Brisbane parts seem to go rusty really quickly. It's a subtropical climate so I probably shouldn't be too surprised!

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Originally Posted by Charlie_6ft

Everyone likes a shiny knob of sorts. With limited tooling I did manage to get a bit of a shine on some parts. See pics 1, 2, 3 (in that order) + a bench grinder polish wheel was used in this example. I coat these parts with Renaissance™ wax (high quality blend of refined micro-crystalline waxes) which does make the surface a bit cloudy but protects it from the moisture in the atmosphere which causes exposed parts to get surface rust - not sure why but in Brisbane parts seem to go rusty really quickly. It's a subtropical climate so I probably shouldn't be too surprised!

Yes it's really annoying having spent the time getting bits shiny, then going back to them a few weeks later and they've started to rust, on the Sunshine Coast it's definitely the climate, I never had this problem in my Garage or Workshop in the UK.

Originally Posted by Camelot

Yes it's really annoying having spent the time getting bits shiny, then going back to them a few weeks later and they've started to rust, on the Sunshine Coast it's definitely the climate, I never had this problem in my Garage or Workshop in the UK.

A lot of people have said the same thing - very annoying! I don't think it's the rainfall now and then but the constant humidity throughout summer.

I'll see how these fair - I may end up painting them (reluctantly):

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