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What to use for cleaning inside a diff

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:45 pm
by hokey
G'day guys,
the previous owner of my 40 series was running the rear diff without axle seal so the oil and grease have been mixed together. also there is not diff breather so the oil and grease contains a bit of toolangi mud aswell :oops: just wondering how i would go about cleaning the old dirty oil/grease/mud out of the axle tubes before i put in new oil.
Thanks for your help,
-Calvin :D

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:33 pm
by Shadow
diesel and degreaser

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:02 pm
by DNA Off Road
Shadow wrote:diesel and degreaser
Start with wiping up what you can with absorbent rags. A kero gun is good too!

Cheers

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:53 pm
by LuxyBoy
I used petrol and it came up great just remember to re oil everything as you go ;)
I mask would help too; i did mine out in the open and still got a headache from the fumes :cry:

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:54 pm
by Shadow
yeh, thats the bad thing about using petrol, but petrol works much better than degreaser or diesel.

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:00 am
by hokey
Thanks for the help fellas :D
pulling the centre out and i will prob use petty. also going to push rage up the tubes to the centre to clean it right up :D bit expensive though :roll:
-Calvin