Rust remover

[vandev]

I thought this would be a great item for people restoring these rusty buckets...

http://www.safestrustremover.com/default.asp

 

[PALMER84ONE]

Nice! I have never used that. CLR does great also and is available at Home Depot for another alternative.

 

[Dirtdame]

That stuff looks really good!

 

[Geno]

I use vinegar works great

 

[McKay]

This is by far the best way to remove rust. Simple, safe and nothing is more effective.
http://makeprojects.com/Project/Electrolysis-Rust-Remover/2253/1#.T_j3Oo7VTc0

 

[ruwfo]

There's plenty of ways to skin a cat, all depends on how long you want to wait & what your trying to un rust. I've seen were molasses removes rust awesome & it's dirt cheap too, unlike their $50 a gal price. Electrolysis works great too, but won't do much for a frozen swingarm pivot bolt.
I've current used actone & ATF mix to un freeze one 250WR piston rings & the cylinder, but have been unable to get the sister bike's piston unstuck. I've tried using Vingear, PB Blaster, Liquid wrench, Deep Creep on this stubborn cylinder too but it's still locked solid

All good stuff though, to keep in the memory banks for future use.

 

[McKay]

Liquid heat is good too!

 

[jimspac]

There's plenty of ways to skin a cat, all depends on how long you want to wait & what your trying to un rust. I've seen were molasses removes rust awesome & it's dirt cheap too, unlike their $50 a gal price. Electrolysis works great too, but won't do much for a frozen swingarm pivot bolt.
I've current used actone & ATF mix to un freeze one 250WR piston rings & the cylinder, but have been unable to get the sister bike's piston unstuck. I've tried using Vingear, PB Blaster, Liquid wrench, Deep Creep on this stubborn cylinder too but it's still locked solid

All good stuff though, to keep in the memory banks for future use.

Sounds like you are going to have to get a little jiggy with it now. I would take the head off, the carb & reedvalve out, and exhaust off. Attack with JB Blaster from theback,front and from the top. If you can get the piston down to the bottom of the stroke with a 2 X 2" block and mallet you may get the piston low enough to push the cylinder up to remove the wristpin and take the cylinder and piston off the crank if you can't get it lower. I would be concerned about damaging the lower rod bearing

 

[ruwfo]

Jim,
Been there, soaked in every damn think i could find for 2 weeks with head/pipe/reed block off. Even turned bike upside down for 2 days
so the gravity & rust eating stuff would really do it's stuff, while i continued to pour i down the gap at the cylinder base. Banged on it
with mini sledge hammer & block of wood, nothing! It's stuck real gooooood.

Husky John

 

[ruwfo]

Ok, while work’n on my 2 Enduro’s I recently got , I tried a few cleaners / rust removal protects I thought I’d pass on that I thought work’d pretty damn good.

1) Deep Creep by Sea Foam … work’d great unsticking the rings & mouse turds on an extremely

stuck Carb slide… foaming action really worked great



2) Pinesol .. work’d great for cleaning the carbs.. just don’t let them soak for more then a few

days Or the finish gets discolored … Also cleaned the crap out of rusty chains.. let

them soak over night, a light scrub with tooth brush & man what a difference … No

nasty smell either like PB Blaster has.

Husky John

 

[mike328]

I use evaporust.. used it on my gas tanks....works GREAT... http://www.rusteco.com/
I also have a bottle of rusteco, but havent tried it yet... http://www.rusteco.com/

The rusteco is enviromentally safe, & reusable. I just strain it thru a cloth back into the bottle...