Flywheel cleaning

[Allflatblack]

The G5 that I am restoring had a previous owner who overfilled the transmission by a quart at least. Every seal was weeping as well as lots of oil out the pushrod tube. Clutch soaked, total mess. I ordered the 4mm clutch kit from stein dinse for A very good price. Normally I would just wash the flywheel and pressure plate with gas a few times and feel fine. I do have a kiln at work that I could then bake it for a while to try to burn all of the residual oil out. Overkill? 400 degrees for two hours?

[JoeW]

I'm not a fan of washing parts in gasoline, leaves a nasty residue not to mention a bit of a fire hazard. I like acetone or brake parts cleaner. Baking it, i think is a bit much. If it were a porous material it might be a good idea but, steel doesn't usually absorb oil.

[guzzisteve]

Clean every tooth w/screwdriver, I use mineral spirits

[Chuck in Indiana]

Mineral spirits worked well on the ex Rocker Lemans V the the "dealer's" "mechanic" grossly overfilled. It's flammable, too.. but nothing like gasoline. I wouldn't...

[Rich A]

Cheap vodka. Sorta non-toxic.

Rich A

[Chuck in Indiana]

Cheap vodka. Sorta non-toxic.

Rich A

Too expensive. (Guzzi content)

[Allflatblack]

Cheap vodka is great for windows. And freshens your breath. Purple degreaser and hot water (to rinse off the gasoline) looks like new.
Thanks guys.

[Tobit]

Brake cleaner then straight Simple Green and a brush if needed.

Dad and I used gasoline to clean parts when I was a kid.  We got lucky.  Ever see a gasoline vapor fireball?

[normzone]

Cheap vodka is great for windows. And freshens your breath.

You're supposed to run a bottle of that stuff through your new still for the first run to clean it out.

[rodekyll]

I take three bottles of cheep vodka and run it through a distiller to make one bottle of very pure alcohol.  I use it as a solvent and fuel -- it will chemically burn you to drink it.

[Tom]

 :+1  Mineral spirits.

[rodekyll]

Hi, Tom.

[normzone]

Glad to know somebody can run a device around here...fruit wash through a pot still is my favorite, but it's not as cold here as where you live.

[Perazzimx14]

I take three bottles of cheep vodka and run it through a distiller to make one bottle of very pure alcohol.  I use it as a solvent and fuel -- it will chemically burn you to drink it.

Why not just buy a gallon of denatured alcohol for $15.00? Much cheaper than 3 bottles of cheap vodka and more end product.

Or 18lbs of cane sugar, 1 packet of turbo yeast and 5 gallons of water. 7 days later you have about a 20% wine ready for cleaning up.

[boatdetective]

You may want to check your proposed solvents for TCE (trichloroethylene). Highly carcinogenic...

[Tom]

Hi, Tom.

Aloha Dave!  I'm still around.  Work is limiting my time.  Looking at working for myself again.