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: Hi Walt, I'm sorry I missed your January post.
: My suggestion, which has worked well for
: me, is to just flood the helix and the
: barrel with WD-40. It's thin enough that it
: will get into all of the internals. If you
: gently push the tube along side of the
: switch, on the barrel of the the shift
: mechanism, enough to slightly depress it,
: then carefully spray the WD-40, it will
: loosen everything up and clean out much of
: the accumulated gunk without disassembly. I
: hope this helps. Dave
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: I have a 130A that belonged to my
: grandfather.
: I want to disassemble to clean it up and
: get the gunk out of the spring and helix.
: Do you know of anyone who knows how to take
: it apart? I'm pretty good mechanically but
: there must be a trick to it. I don't want
: to damage it.
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: Thanks for your nice post, Mike. I think
: Dave
: expresses the essence of North Bros.
: "Yankee" tools - quality and
: endurance - non have ever let me down!
:
: James
:
: --Previ Mike, You've discovered one of the
: secrets
: of the North Bros. "Yankee" line
: of tools. They last! I have several No. 30
: screwdrivers that are more than 100 years
: old and they still work well. That's very
: hard for companies to duplicate in this age
: of throw away tools. In 1929 North Bros.
: began a major upgrade to their tools, making
: their internal mechanical design much
: stronger. These new tools were designated
: with an "A" suffix in the model
: number to denote the modification. Your
: estimate of 50 years is right on. Dave
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: What an amazing tool! My Dad passed some
: years
: ago and left me the "YANKEE" 130A
: north bros. tool.
: Still tight, and working to this day and I
: would guess it is probably over 50 years
: old! Kind of beats heck out of no power
: outlet for the driver or a flat battery on
: the portable tool!
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