De-rusting with acid – hazardous but effective

motorcycle can be a real issue. Sitting in boxes in damp garages for more than two decades has given every ferrous part of my Morini a fine coating of oxidation – or rust to the layman. One problem I found straight away was the state of the original clutch spring nuts. Hard to find and expensive when you do, the five clutch nuts had corroded inside, and this had blocked up the internal threads. I didn’t want to force them