Michael Maskalans <dml@tepidcola.com> wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2009, at 12:17 , jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>> I suppose I could use
>> a wire wheel mounted on an angle grinder/drill to clean off the diff
>> itself, but I've never tried that because I didn't want to throw junk
>> inside of the diff. (I suppose the diff could be stuffed with shop
>> towels first but I've never bothered.)
> I generally do this, before hosing out the diff with brake cleaner. I
> spray it all down inside anyway, and itty bitty bits of gasket or RTV
> certainly won't hurt 8620 gear steel....
Ok, speaking of which... :-) You obviously aren't one of the
folks who worry about brake cleaner damaging the seals in the rearend.
I've heard conflicting reports on this. I have used brake cleaner
once to hose out a pumpkin which had a lot of junk in it, but have
generally avoided it because I just wasn't sure. Do you have an
opinion on the matter? The stuff evaporates really quickly so I don't
imagine anything would be staying behind to contaminate the fluid or
anything, but I'm not so sure about the effect on the soft parts.
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