Titanium Retainers Revisited 4 years and 20,000
07-01-2007, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Sideways,Jul 1 2007, 07:11 PM
Click on the picture and then click on it again.
That is just where the spring wore into the retainer by galling.
That is just where the spring wore into the retainer by galling.
07-01-2007, 03:35 PM
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Whether it is just "worn" or not, clearly there is less titanium there than there was originally, so it must have gone somewhere.
I expect it ended up in the oil filter over time.
I expect it ended up in the oil filter over time.
07-02-2007, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by hondaf1,Jul 2 2007, 09:25 AM
if they were custom made, couldn't they be made snap fit so they don't move around and reduce galling.