Thread: Rehabilitating sticky STI's.....a new approach.
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Old 01-27-09, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by miamijim

Sticky STI's, no problem, flush and lub. Nope, not happening. Knowing that the problem was hardend/sticky grease I thought of ways to soften it up. Heat!!!! Ok, so I removed a lever and ran it under blistering hot tap water for a few minutes.

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Maybe you could just heat up the spray can of lube to about 250° and squirt that in there. ??

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