Cleaning hubs.

[terryjhaynesMember]

Just wondering if anyone has a good way, or utensils for cleaning all the crap (lube n dirt) out off your rear hub from ride to ride without pulling the weel and sprocket off all the time.
Cheers Teza.

[Dwayne OMember]

I just use a 2 inch paintbrush in the area after I have sprayed the bike with CT20 (Truckwash)
Gets it looking clean pretty quick Tez

[Jason AndersonMember]

Toilet brush tez….It has a long handle and gets in between the spokes without ripping skin off ya knuckles.You can get em for 6 bucks or use the one next to your toilet.
…spud…

[Dwayne OMember]

Spud.m/m wrote:

Toilet brush tez….It has a long handle and gets in between the spokes without ripping skin off ya knuckles.You can get em for 6 bucks or use the one next to your toilet.
…spud…

:laugh: Nice one Spud,,,
That outta get all of the shite off the area :woohoo:

[terryjhaynesMember]

HA!HA!HA! that would piss the misus of when she go’s to clean the dunny and speds chane lube al over it.

[jamieMember]

CT 18 and one of those mag wheel brushes if its filthy enough, normally the truck wash cleans them off pretty good by itself. That’s on the rough cast husky hubs.

[DeanMember]

Ben doing a resto on the RMX and she had about 10 years of built up grime dirt and lube on the castings
I let it soak with a High strentgh hit of CT18 then I give it a go with cheapo “5 star” mag wheel cleaner and got into it with a stiff Nylon brush. I then hit it with my little hand held steam cleaner and they come up pretty good. Lot of work tho :S

Ollie

[murph the surfMember]

Not worth doing IMO
its only going to get dirty again. :laugh:
CT18 cleans it good enough
Cheers
Murph

[Aaron WildeMember]

Tie a bit of old shoe lace around the hub and it will get cleaned as you ride along :unsure: it used to work on the old dragster anyway.

[Adrian SnowdenMember]

Aaron wrote:

Tie a bit of old shoe lace around the hub and it will get cleaned as you ride along :unsure: it used to work on the old dragster anyway.

So is that what you do on all your scrapers and dozers to keep their axles clean.?

[Aaron WildeMember]

An old ratchet strap is required on the bigger items yes. Lol. Sorry tezza. :blush:

[AlexMember]

Murph the surf wrote:

Not worth doing IMO
its only going to get dirty again. :laugh:
CT18 cleans it good enough
Cheers
Murph

x1

Don’t use chain lube and your problems solved LOL

[terryjhaynesMember]

Thanks for all the good idea’s peaple,looks like I gotto get some truck wash on to it
Cheers Teza.

[Chris WestmanMember]

You can buy a product from any welding supplies trade shop or Supershit Auto sells it, it is called Aluminum Cleaner or Brightener, it is water soluble and brings mill or cast finish aluminum up like brand new, it is quite strong so be mindful of eye protection and gloves. It can react with some cheap Aluminum so try it on a inconspicuous spot first and you only need to leave it on for no more than one minute and hose it off with water. I have been using this stuff for 15 years as a metal fabricator and on all my bikes and its good stuff

[Justin McknnonMember]

I run a cable tie on my hubs, similar to the shoe lace thing, makes the hubs lovely

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