Cleaning parts?

jimmy-s3

Senior Retro Guru
What’s the best way of cleaning old parts? I’m looking to clean the rear cassette/chain/chainrings... plus maybe the front and rear mech.?
 
Tub of diesel. Soak overnight then a toothbrush. Rinse. Spray with gt85 and polish with clean cloth.

Steel rule with a dishcloth wrapping gets in a cassette nicely.

And you get to smell like a man.
 
I use white spirits to clean chains cassettes ,chain rings
soak for a hour , removes crud pretty fast..
no good for bearing seals though..
 
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I use a degreaser such as 5l Swarfega Oil & Grease Remover or No-No sense heavy duty degreaser from Screwfix, toothbrush, small paintbrush, nailbrush etc.
Small parts that are extra cruddy I leave in a plastic tub filled with degreaser overnight.

Also gets your teeth super clean if you forget to rinse the toothbrush afterwards ;)
 
Clean motorbike parts with petrol and wd40, cycle parts with wd40 but now use Fenwicks FS1 concentrate as i got a 5l bottle of it cheap. Very strong and will strip paint if not rinsed/washed off straight away if using neat :shock: :)
 
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66 triumph daytona":2hvrpmet said:
Jizer.The best.


This too :) always used this back in the day on motorbikes, didnt know they still made it.
 
use fairy liquid and a toothbrush. & a Park tools chain cleaning machine.
 
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