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Ryoken's Guide to Rust Treatment and Bodywork 101

What a beautiful day..I got the Blazer out and drove for two hours. Days like this make me want to work on it...walk some parts yards...do Blazer stuff. I need to make a list of things I plan to do this summer...one of them is new leaf springs. I heard both spring eyes popping today...the bushings are gone.
 
Hope to get the leaf springs soon...I contacted a spring company they never answered...I want to make sure I get springs that will set it at stock level.
 
How do I clean this spindle and if it involves wire brushes what do I finish it with. I assume that the areas where the bearings goo I should not use anything abrasive?



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I don't remember what all I will run into but I intend to clean and paint all the areas that can be painted as I am in there...Brake dust shield or whatever it is called, calipers...probably replace all bearings and rotors etc...
 
I found this, still kind of hard to tell...guess it will be evident when I tear into it


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What's the best thing to soak this in to clean out the grease an stuff from the inside?
 
Solvent like Varsol will work. Gasoline if you have plenty of ventilation and are a non smoker...works really well.
 
Solvent like Varsol will work. Gasoline if you have plenty of ventilation and are a non smoker...works really well.


If I put in a pail and cover it with gas will it remove the grease?
 
Solvent like Varsol will work. Gasoline if you have plenty of ventilation and are a non smoker...works really well.

I used to clean stuff with diesel fuel, cause it's less volatile that gas, but it probably didn't work as well.
 
If you can submerge it that is a big help...but a small parts 'washer' brush will really speed things up.
 
I used to clean stuff with diesel fuel, cause it's less volatile that gas, but it probably didn't work as well.

I think most solvents are really close to being diesel, like Varsol. Aside from the obvious volatility, gasoline is a great solvent.
 
I'm trying to do something, anything...but it's just too hot..you can't even breathe outside...I thought I would get my fiberglass top done this summer but not as long as the temp is 110 (feels like) outside....been scorching for weeks on end now
 
I let the spindle sit in gasoline for a week. I got all the grease off, inside and out. Now all that is left is this rust.
Which areas do I need to stay away from with sandpaper or wire brush? I'd like to get it all clean before I install it.

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Just take some emery cloth and hit up where the bearing and seals ride. Gently. Just enough to take off any roughness or burrs.
 
I hope to get some new photos soon...we are in a severe drought and everything is just burned up...nothing scenic here for a backdrop.
Guess I'll go to the parts yard again this weekend looking for squarebodies...these days I lust look for them because they are so few...
 
I went to my favorite salvage yard not far away,the one that still keeps "some" old vehicles...there was only 5 square bodies there,same ones I saw last time months ago,only with many more parts missing..

A few years ago they had over 100 of them..finding used parts any good here in a salvage yard, is futile lately..any they do get in get cannibalized and crushed in a matter of a week or less..:(

I did see a "Harley Davidson" custom edition Chevy van of 1990's vintage with a 6.2 diesel in it that was pretty much parted out other than the engine & transmission..probably one of two built or something !--I always see something unusual in salvage yards--and always come home depressed,after seeing some vehicles people junked that are way better than what I'm driving,due to "no title" or they simply decided it was not worth putting a transmission in,etc..:(

A lot of the yards here are just piling engines and transmissions,steering boxes and racks,and drive shafts from fwd vehicles up like cordwood,and not selling them to customers..
I guess a lot of them feel its better off selling "cores" than having to stand behind a part they sold that may have been why the vehicle got junked to begin with..this certainly isn't helping those of us into older vehicles--"cash for clunkers" wiped out 90% of all the old trucks some long time junkyards had hoarded..:(
 
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