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Remove clevises from rods. Clean all parts by abrasive blasting or wire brush. Mask threads and paint or powder coat. Scratching the shafts is not an issue as there is not sealing on the shafts. The outer rubber boot on the master cylinder is just a dust boot. The rust/pitting that already exists is worse than any scratching you might do in cleaning them up. If you have one of those nylon brushes with embedded abrasives, they work just as well as a wire brush.
My gosh these suckers are good and truly stuck together.... any special tricks here or just PBlaster, heat, dancing in circle backwards if the moon is full on a Tuesday sort of usual approach?
I just scrubbed mine with steel wool and Brasso. Still pitted, patina matched the rest of the car. Came apart easy for me though. Not all these are the same length, just in case you get different ones.
Hi Simon - I've had good luck with using heat and FreezeOff in combination to help loosen really stuck bolts. Not sure how much help it will be of here, but works great on mistreated overdrives!
My 2 cents: If you have a battery trickle charger, a paint bucket and some bicarbonate of soda,clean them off by electrolysis (details on how can be found on-line with a simple search), wire brush them (they will look black after treating and the wire brush will clean that up)and they will come out great and ready for powder coating/painting!
use the electrolytic rust removal trick and the nuts will simply spin off. You won't believe it until you try it. Arm and Hammer Washing Sode available at Krogers or any chain where they keep laundry detergent. Google Electrolytic Rust Removal for more details.
I put mine in one of those carburetor cleaner solution cans and they cleaned up nicely. A parts cleaner would do the same. Then took a tooth brush to it. I want to think those rods are aluminum and not steel
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