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Subject:Re: CV joints/Axle options
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Tue, 12 Mar 2019 08:41:33 -0600

On 12 Mar , 2019, at 7:37 AM, Jim. Felder wrote:

>> Cleaning the joints: two joints will stack in a tin coffee can. Cover over with lacquer thinner. With gloves, flip all 4 (two cans) after an overnight soak. Pour off the dirty thinner every day or so and re-cover with fresh, flipping all four every morning. In three or four days you can take out your four shiny joints. No mess, no rags.
>> 

        Except that You also end up with a few gallons of Dirty Thinner to dispose of ~ I have found that 1 Day in a Gasoline

bath will usually clean them up nicely ~