Oxidation on fly spring in beamspring switch.

[-Space-NATO-]

Hello! I've recently started restoring an 5251 beamspring. When I disassembled the switch there was some amount of, what it seems to be, oxidation on the fly spring.

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Comparing it to another known good switch I must say that they feel identical, maybe a little bit stiffer but I could be wrong.

Does anyone knows if this may bring some troubles in the future? is there a way to eliminate this corrosion or at least stop it?

Thanks!

[Muirium]

It didn’t come by Dresden, did it? That corrosion reminds me of one I had via the infamous Dresden Rustmeister:



Halp!

The switch innards were just as bad, as I recall.

Khers managed to clean his up nicely, though.

[-Space-NATO-]

It did not, found it in Argentina. What did you do to remove the corrosion of the fly spring?

[Muirium]

I sold it to Seebart! Looked way beyond my abilities, and Cindy had sourced me a clean one in the meantime. I don’t know if he ever restored it.

Khers did, though. Ask him.