Cleaning rust off parts

[Silverfang]

After getting ahold of my 6kg flywheel and clutch from my old car a few days ago (almost a year since i wrote it off!) I'd been trying to work out how to clean the year's worth of rust from it..

So after a rumage in the garage, one plastic tub was dug out, 6 litres of vinegar later.. 24 hours soaking.. and a brief scrub with a wire brush, the rust just fell off. Hopefully some spare coffee filters should clean the vinegar ready for next time.



Rather chuffed myself

[Bluto]

Yeah its good for cleaning certain metals and just eats others. I've used it on fd's, flywheels and gear sets.

However, due to it eating a carb I prefer bilt-hamber http://www.bilthamber.com/deoxc.html myself.

More expensive but works very well

[toddy]

Get yourself some citric acid and follow the instructions for deox-c, same results just cheaper.