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Managed to get the other 3 fork legs open just fine with some angle iron, some rubber tube, and a vise. 
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Round three of trying to clean the 35 year old wax from my snap-on drawer slides. So far I've tried: WD-40 Chlorinated Brake Cleaner Boiling water The boilin water worked best, but there is still a shitton of wax on these things. I think I need a stronger solvent. Any suggestions? Or should I just take them to a machine shop and have them hot tanked?
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revmoo posted:Round three of trying to clean the 35 year old wax from my snap-on drawer slides. So far I've tried:
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Jul 18, 2016 21:02
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Heat gun and an air nozzle, aka baby's first plasma torch. e: Wax is an oil, try a heatgun and a liberal coating of Dawn soap.
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Jul 18, 2016 21:57
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Would Simple Green be an option?
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Jul 18, 2016 22:21
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Never. That stuff cleans even worse than "eco-safe" paint stripper. gently caress Simple Green. 
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Jul 19, 2016 01:21
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Splizwarf posted:Never. That stuff cleans even worse than "eco-safe" paint stripper. gently caress Simple Green. Agreed. And it smells bad.
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Jul 19, 2016 02:10
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Oven cleaner will strip anything down to bare metal.
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Jul 19, 2016 04:51
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Toluene/lacquer thinner and hexane/gasoline should all clean up most wax effectively but you will probably find heat and wiping much more pleasant to actually use and less likely to cause significant collateral damage.
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Jul 19, 2016 13:20
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Simple green is not compatible with aluminum, which is what the slides are made from. I thought it oved, I'm just going to run them down to a machine shop.
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Jul 19, 2016 13:48
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revmoo posted:Simple green is not compatible with aluminum This is BS. Simple green is as safe for aluminum as almost every other cleaner you would use. It's slightly alkaline, so long term exposure will accelerate corrosion. Use it to clean and then wash it off and it's fine. Don't let it soak in simple green for weeks like idiots online.
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Jul 19, 2016 17:45
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Sick of Simple Green not cutting the mustard? Wish that the smell would just get the gently caress out? Try Zep All-Purpose Cleaner and Degreaser! 1 32oz bottle is just $1.98 on homedepot.com and is available in store! Green just not your color? Need a bit more oomph? Take the Zep Industrial Degreaser for a spin! You'll be glad you did.
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I use this stuff from HD. I haven't tried every degreaser but I've tried a lot of them and this stuff is hot poo poo for the price. http://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-32-oz-Citrus-Degreaser-215689945381/203420801
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scuz posted:Green just not your color? Need a bit more oomph? Take the Zep Industrial Degreaser for a spin! You'll be glad you did. How does this treat paint? I usually buy gallons of Castrol Super Clean and put them in a garden sprayer for degreasing, wheel cleaning (it murders brake pad dust but is gentle on paint) and as a general purpose cleaner, but the Zep is about $.50/gallon cheaper at HD and might work better.
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oxbrain posted:This is BS. Simple green is as safe for aluminum as almost every other cleaner you would use. It's slightly alkaline, so long term exposure will accelerate corrosion. Simple Green was pretty drat good at stripping off anodizing, but it took overnight.
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oxbrain posted:This is BS. Simple green is as safe for aluminum as almost every other cleaner you would use. It's slightly alkaline, so long term exposure will accelerate corrosion. Yep. I've used Simple Green for over 20 years, on an almost daily basis, and have never had anything but good things to say about it. Very few things it doesn't work on, no damage to even sensitive finishes. Yeah, keep bare aluminum soaking in it and it'll corrode a bit, but don't be dumb and use it the way it's supposed to be used.
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Geoj posted:How does this treat paint? I usually buy gallons of Castrol Super Clean and put them in a garden sprayer for degreasing, wheel cleaning (it murders brake pad dust but is gentle on paint) and as a general purpose cleaner, but the Zep is about $.50/gallon cheaper at HD and might work better.
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Road warrior or bust imo. http://shop.superiorproducts.com/road-warrior/ They also have straight up acid based aluminum cleaners. Edit: http://m.oreillyauto.com/h5/r/www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/SCP0/J701/N0454.oap?ck=Search_N0454_-1_-1&pt=N0454&ppt=C0209 This stuff. Supposedly napa carries their stuff too. Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 06:03 on Jul 20, 2016 |
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oxbrain posted:This is BS. Simple green is as safe for aluminum as almost every other cleaner you would use. It's slightly alkaline, so long term exposure will accelerate corrosion. I dunno about that, I have a special blue color version of Simple Green that's made for airplanes and is safe on aluminum. It would be odd for them to have this version if the green one didn't hurt aluminum. edit: This stuff: https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Green-13412-Aircraft-Precision/dp/B00627REY0
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I'm about to do my first suspension install on my ms3. I'm thinking that this job will finally justify an impact wrench. I'm on a budget and I don't have a ton of storage space, so an electric is appealing. Are they good enough to do this type of job?
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Google Butt posted:I'm about to do my first suspension install on my ms3. I'm thinking that this job will finally justify an impact wrench. I'm on a budget and I don't have a ton of storage space, so an electric is appealing. Are they good enough to do this type of job? MORE than good. The modern electric impacts are great- the batteries last a long time, and they are very strong. They are much quieter than an air impact. The best part is not being tied to an air hose. (plus the whole not having to buy and wire in a air compressor thing) Electric disadvantage is the raw speed - 1800RPM vs 10,000 RPM for an air impact. This is only going to come into play if you do tire rotations for a living and shaving those seconds off matters because flat rate pay.
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While we're on this subject, what would be a good battery powered impact available on the European side of the pond? I'm thinking ½", strong enough to bust off wheel bolts etc.
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wormil posted:I use this stuff from HD. I haven't tried every degreaser but I've tried a lot of them and this stuff is hot poo poo for the price. I'm guessing that this is basically the same stuff as the much more expensive bicycle focused chain degreasers?
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bolind posted:While we're on this subject, what would be a good battery powered impact available on the European side of the pond? I'm thinking ½", strong enough to bust off wheel bolts etc. There are various but similar Clarke 24v battery impacts available for around £100-140, what's your equivalent of Machine Mart?
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0toShifty posted:MORE than good. The modern electric impacts are great- the batteries last a long time, and they are very strong. They are much quieter than an air impact. The best part is not being tied to an air hose. (plus the whole not having to buy and wire in a air compressor thing) Cool. What's the cheapest one, with battery and charger that is worth buying?
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fknlo posted:I'm guessing that this is basically the same stuff as the much more expensive bicycle focused chain degreasers? Is this a serious thing? I've always just used brake cleaner on my kart chain, I can't see there being any specific cleaning requirements to chains.
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1500quidporsche posted:Is this a serious thing? I've always just used brake cleaner on my kart chain, I can't see there being any specific cleaning requirements to chains. As long as you're not using brake cleaner on an O-ring chain or other chains with rubber seals. Brake cleaner isn't nice to most seals under long term exposure.
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1500quidporsche posted:Is this a serious thing? It sure is!
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0toShifty posted:MORE than good. The modern electric impacts are great- the batteries last a long time, and they are very strong. They are much quieter than an air impact. The best part is not being tied to an air hose. (plus the whole not having to buy and wire in a air compressor thing) Having used a M12 Fuel 3/8 impact gun to swap a tire in hardly any more time than it would've taken with my JnnyThndrs IR airgun, electric is so very much the way to go. That M12 impact is teeny and so much lighter. I'm sure something like a Honda crank bolt, hub nut, or pitman arm nut will be too much for it, but I expect that it will kick the airgun's rear end anywhere else because it's just so much easier on your hands and arms. Senior Funkenstien posted:Ace hardware has a rolling 6 drawer Craftsman tool chest for sale for 100 bucks: http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=35692506 If it's like the Craftsman chest my mom gave me as a gift probably eight years ago... pass. You can do better on HF, or finding a good used chest on CL. IOwnCalculus fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Jul 20, 2016 |
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Should I trust the OEM spring compressor rental from Autozone or just buy my own set?
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I'd invest in one if you plan on doing it more than once. Having said that, there isn't really too much that is going to fail on one, its a fairly simple device. Wow, I'm even more baffled by the fact that it tells you to rinse with water afterwards 
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fknlo posted:I'm guessing that this is basically the same stuff as the much more expensive bicycle focused chain degreasers? No idea. It's the generic version of Zep citrus degreaser. Awesome stuff but will remove paint.
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Got my snapon slides back from the machine shop: There is no way I could have gotten them this clean with off-the-shelf solvents.
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Very nice of them to only clean one!
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Why does no place around me sell decent drill bits. I'm drilling out a pair of 7/16" x 2" bolts on a Taurus (gently caress this rear shock nonsense) and the only bits big enough (27/64") that I could find in town were DeWalt and Milwaukee. They both suck, but my 21/64 bits from McMaster-Carr are cutting like butter. I just get to use the crappy DeWalts to do the final pass, I guess. My lesson, apparently, is just to order a full set of HSS bits from McMaster. Should have measured these last week and ordered the bits I needed then.
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revmoo posted:Got my snapon slides back from the machine shop: Looks like they missed a couple spots. For that kind of work, I'd go with a rotation of WD-40, non-pumice hand-cleaner, Dremel brush. Maybe hit with some soda blasting once it loosened up. Or dunk them in a pan of acetone for a bit to break that grease/wax up some This stuff is pretty magical for oil/grease build up  Brand doesn't matter, and you can find it at the dollar store often. Tamir Lenk fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Jul 21, 2016 |
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I miss the days when we had an open heated bath of trichloroethylene in the corner of the workshop.
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Soak in kerosene/diesel gets most gunky poo poo off metals in my experience. Doesn't hurt aluminum.
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If it's heavy gunky poo poo I normally start with a bath in diesel or gasoline, then use acetone to remove any remaining crap and/or if I'm going to paint or RTV any surfaces on the part, since gasoline leaves behind some oily residues that will gently caress the hell out of RTV or paint trying to cure. e: this transmission case half had like a quarter inch of nasty lovely oil/dirt/grease buildup on it before I gave it a bath in gasoline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0OWfdfPYBI kastein fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Jul 22, 2016 |
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http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=264210 NORSEMAN drill group buy, best bits I've ever used. Spendy, but well worth it imho.
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