12-o-clock-wheelie Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 So I blew up my banshee 2 summers ago and am just now getting around to fixing it:)!!! Anyhow there is a shit ton of black gunk EVERYWHERE on the cases. SO I was wondering if it was a good idea to drop them in some gas or kerosene to clean all the shit off. I have everthing out of the cases except for the shift forks and such. What are your suggestions? Quote
Nieskes Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 Pressure washer at your local self serve. Quote
sprinklerman Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 Remove all " shift forks and such" before doing anything. Sent from a van down by the river Quote
trickedcarbine Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 Pressure wash, douse with harshest cleaner you have, brush, pressure wash. Now tear it down. Quote
Starwriter Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 Make friends with your local transmission shop and have them put the cases in their parts dishwasher. Quote
FullThrottle_06' Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 Bead blast em , walnut shells I bought a set of used cases and had a member on here blast them with walnut shells. Turned on great. I would follow the advice of the previous posts and take them to the car wash and pressure wash the shit out of them. Dry them off, use a rag and a wire brush to scrap off anything that may still be left. Pressure wash again and begin tear down. I wouldn't soak them in gasoline. To expensive lol Quote
Finch Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 Oven cleaner works real good to. Or your dishwasher but use degreaser not dish soap Quote
12-o-clock-wheelie Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Posted February 28, 2014 Ok i'm thinking ill just use spray cleaners and shit and see what all comes off and if all else fails ill drop them a bucket of gas. Quote
Zillaguy Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 Parts washer full of clean mineral spirits, and a good stiff bristled parts washing brush... Let the cases soak for about 20mins. then go at cleaning them with the brush... Don't forget to wear rubber gloves.... After you have them mostly dirt free, pressure wash them... Then blow them dry with compressed air.... That is how we always cleaned transmission parts/cases when I worked at the transmission shop... Scrape all the gasket surfaces with a SHARP scraper or razor blade before starting to clean them.. DO NOT GOUGE YOUR GASKET MATING SURFACES!!! Quote
sheerider11 Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 Parts washer full of clean mineral spirits, and a good stiff bristled parts washing brush... Let the cases soak for about 20mins. then go at cleaning them with the brush... Don't forget to wear rubber gloves.... After you have them mostly dirt free, pressure wash them... Then blow them dry with compressed air.... That is how we always cleaned transmission parts/cases when I worked at the transmission shop... Scrape all the gasket surfaces with a SHARP scraper or razor blade before starting to clean them.. DO NOT GOUGE YOUR GASKET MATING SURFACES!!!I'm with this guy up until the very end. I prefer to never scrape surfaces. Ever. I know a lot of old school guys will do it and do a perfect job with it. But I have been using non-abrasive rol loc pads from 3m. On my die grinder it takes 1/4 of the time as scraping and never risk gauging, grinding, distorting or anything. There meant for removing old gaskets. Now if you don't want to buy these then go ahead and use a scraper, just sharing the easiest safest and fastest way I have found. 2 Quote
Zillaguy Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 ^^ We call those clit burners^^ LOL they work awesome for delicate aluminum surfaces... I always use a scraper but, my scraper is sharpened using a sharpening stone,( so sharp you can shave with it) and I'm good with it... Been doing it that way for 20+ years and have never gouged a surface... You just have to make sure you hold the scraper very square to the surface being scraped.. Quote
m671054 Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 I'm with this guy up until the very end. I prefer to never scrape surfaces. Ever. I know a lot of old school guys will do it and do a perfect job with it. But I have been using non-abrasive rol loc pads from 3m. On my die grinder it takes 1/4 of the time as scraping and never risk gauging, grinding, distorting or anything. There meant for removing old gaskets. Now if you don't want to buy these then go ahead and use a scraper, just sharing the easiest safest and fastest way I have found. this is not a good way to clean critical surfaces. they are way to easy to remove parent material with the gasket. check your freshly cleaned part on a surface plate and you will find the gasket surfaces are no longer true and flat. i will only use a sharp razor blade. All those discs are good for is old cork gaskets. Quote
Coupelx Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 Gas actually works well for what he is wanting. It does a great job at softening the spooge. I do this when I repack silencers. Quote
sleeper06 Posted March 1, 2014 Report Posted March 1, 2014 Come on rob how nice do cases look when I glass bead em Quote
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