1938 Harley G Motor Unstuck With StrongArm Brand Spray

Harley Collector Mechanic: Customer..
StrongArm Man - abbreviation: SAM..

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Sam: "What's It It.. Tell us what happened..."

Customer: "OK! - Well I bought your strongarm spray, about uh three weeks ago, and I squirted it in a 1938 G motor - a Harley V Twin. And not thinking nothing of it just squirted it in there all around. And Oh, Uh Just last week, I put a motor sprocket on it, just sitting and tightened it up - and the motor turned over ! And I had no, I would have thought Not You know..."

SAM: "How long was it stuck ?"

Customer: " How What?" (didn't catch the question)

SAM: "How long was it stuck?"

Customer: "I don't even know - I mean - You know.."

SAM: "As long as you had it ???"

Customer: "Oh Yea!! YEA!.. It was uh, I must have had it for Ten years.. Just sitting there.. and I was always spraying - stuff on all the nuts, and just to keep it lubed You know, and I brought this Home (Strong Arm) and tried it and uh; but being a 1938 and sitting forever you know.. I tightened the nut up and all of a sudden the motor turned over !.."

SAM: "What did you use to tighten the socket - A ratchet ??"

Customer: "Yea - A ratchet on the nut..."

SAM: "How many pounds of torque did you give on the ratchet ??

Customer: "AW!--- IT was not much.. A few pounds..

SAM: "Ten pounds of pressure ???"

Customer: "Yea it was only a little"

SAM: "And it was enough to make it roll over.."

Customer: "YEA!.. Yea.."

SAM: "Ain't that something."

Customer: "Because I had - the plugs were loose in there you know and I..."

SAM: "That's why they call it Canned Muscle.."

Customer: "....I really like it...!"

SAM: "It does the job, That's what's important."

Customer; "YEA.. Yea..."

SAM: "....We appreciate that..."

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