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Glynnyboy:

--- Quote from: dannywhiteley on May 11, 2009, 07:03 PM ---Do all Kashimax guts have that stamp on the front?


Mine have gone in the vinegar and early results look good.  Its only been in an hour or so, but already looking shinier.

Will fish them out tomorrow and report back with pics.



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Some of them have K.S.M then a long patent number like these . They also come with just K.S.M  stamped bigger than the one's pictured.

dannywhiteley:
But are they all stamped one way or another or are some plain?  I got this one with an old used kashi and it looks original, but hasno stamp.

Glynnyboy:

--- Quote from: dannywhiteley on May 12, 2009, 07:43 AM ---But are they all stamped one way or another or are some plain?  I got this one with an old used kashi and it looks original, but hasno stamp.

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Maybe someone got too handy with the sisal mop at some point. There is another distinctive thing about id-ing kashi guts though. The inner part where your bolt goes through is re-enforced like the one's at the begining. They also have a tab at the top to keep the seatpost in place. I have only ever seen this on kashimax and am unawhere if any other manufacterer did it. The kashi seats are definately a quality item and were built to last. So were the guts.
Here are a couple of pics. The 1st pic is of the other kind of stamp that i have seen.
The 2nd one is of the rear of the kashi guts with the re-enforced part and the tab i was talking about.

dannywhiteley:
Well I now know mine arent Kashi guts despite the fact I got them on an old Kashi seat.  Still I only paid a fiver all in for it, so not too disappointed.  Them not being anything special I didnt give them the proper polish treatment, the way they look in the after pics are literally how I pulled them out of the vinegar with just a quick rinse and wipe dry.

As you can see, its worked.  24 hours in the Sarsons and the rust just fell off. It was all collected as little flakes in the bottom of the container, and anything that remained in the guts just wiped off clean.

Best bit is the vinegar only costs £1.40 for a big jar at Tesco.  ;)

Heres the before, during and after pics...

buzzlightyear05:
Awesome results Danny!!! Im gunna have to get myself a jar of that lol.

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