Todd Carrico wrote:

Charles P. Kuss wrote:

Good grief!
  What a lot of work! It seems that it would be worth the expense of new
bearings just to be able to soak them in carburetor cleaner. Would it be
possible to suspend the rotors over the carb cleaning solution so that
only part of the rotor was submerged? (to avoid submerging the bearing,
to prevent eroding it) This would involve repositioning the rotor into
the solution several times. It would still be less work than the method
discribed below. I use carb/parts cleaner to clean pistons on non-rotary
engines all the time. The results are great. It will clean out the most
stubborn carbon deposits if soaked over night. Simply rinse off with
water.
Charlie Kuss
still lazy after all these years!

Charlie,
I believe that Bruces video shows the use of Carb cleaner, and all he did
was submerge and be careful not place anything on the bearing that my
scratch it.

tc

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