Cleaning trailing arms

[tdskip]

Just degreaser and scrubbing?

 

[DougF]

That's what I did. Used a brass brush.

 

[M_Pied_Lourd]

Glass bead blast....

Cheers,
M. Pied Lourd

 

[tdskip]

Pressure washing it helped, but I think I'm going w/ glass bead blasting to save time.

Thanks guys!

 

[M_Pied_Lourd]

Tom,

You might want to follow that up with a couple of coats of clear coat. I used Diamond Coat Clear (eastwood) on mine and they still look pretty good after about 8000 miles.

Cheers,
M. Pied Lourd

 

[tdskip]

Yep - that is the plan. After all the trouble we all go through cleaning it might as well stay nice looking.

Thanks M.

 

[Brosky]

Someone said that Easy Off oven cleaner works well on the aluminum arms. Let it soak and then pressure wash and supposedly they look really good.

 

[TR3driver]

supposedly they look really good.

They probably do. But Easy-Off is mostly sodium hydroxide (lye), which reacts with (attacks) aluminum. So if you do use it, don't leave it too long and be sure to get it all off afterwords.

 

[TR6oldtimer]

Did oven cleaner, looked at it, did media blasting, looked at it, then painted the darn thing silver, and was done with it.

Now it looks just like it should, a dirty silver color I only see when under the car...

 

[Opa]

Did about the same as you Ray, scrubbed,wire wheeled them still didn't look all that great. Blasted them, still not happy. Painted them with VHT silver caliper paint. happy now

 

[SCguy]

Tom,I painted mine but thought that they were too shinny. Had them bead blasted and now I'm happy. Not too shiny, not too dull... Just right!

 

[Tinster]

Nice looking trailings arms. Nice looking project.

You either did this correctly after the photo
or you messed it up.

The 6 nuts that go onto those 6 studs get tightened
to 14 to 16 pounds. Any more and the steel studs will
strip out of the aluminum threads of the T/A.

I tightened mine to 14# but the temptation to add more
force was certainly present.

Best wishes,

dale(tinster)

 

[dhungerf]

I did the same as Opa.

If you don't put a coat of paint (or clear) on them, they will oxidize again.