"Brian D. Cain" wrote:

Hey guys, I was so impressed with a product I used today that I

thought I'd

share
my joy with you all on it.  Today I went to Home Depot to look for

some

good,
heavy-duty cleaning stuff I could use on four rotors that I'm

cleaning up

for a pair
of engines I'm re-assembling soon.  After trying a few things over

the past

week
because I couldn't find any Simple Green (what I've normally used in

the

past), I
ran across some stuff made by Zep.  They've got a humongous product

line

(almost
looks as if Home Depot has a business relationship with them per the

litany

of
products by them they had available).  Looking for the heaviest-duty

stuff

they
had, I went for their Industrial Cleaner/Degreaser.  It looks and

smells

identical
to the Coastal Super Power Clean that's found in automotive chain

stores

(deep
purple colour).  This stuff is quite caustic; it burns the skin with
prolonged

contact and only after a few seconds it will dry the oil right off,

leaving

your skin
dry.

After dunking the engine rotors in for less than two hours in a

diluted mix

(one
gallon water and one gallon Zep cleaner), the carbon was just eaten

away.

About
15 minutes of brushing and voila -> brand new looking,

silver-coloured

rotors.
They're so clean they're already beginning to develop surface rust!

B

    Brian,

      Any  indication that this cleaner attacks the bearing material?

    Kelly Troyer

-"Brian D. Cain" wrote:

Actually, yes.  The surface of the rotor [bearing] seems to be bubbling up and
discolouring some.
It's enough for me to advice those that use this stuff to change the
bearings.

B

Brian D. Cain -/- Grand Prairie, TX -/- bdc196@comcast.net
BDC Motorsports - Performance Rx-7 13B Rebuilds, EFI tuning, etc.
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Can you press them out before you soak it and reuse them?

Paul Lamar
 
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