Is there any reason i can't stick my diff in the dishwasher with the back plate removed to clean the inside? Anyone ever done it? I've got
the back plate in there at the moment and it's coming up lovely but will the seals and bearings be ok? Oh and don't tell the missus.
I did that with a Caterham sump, it had already been cleaned quite well and it stunk the dishwasher out and the wife went mental when she came back
home.
I would excersie caution.
Steve
Diff oil plus dishwasher heat = clean diff and stinky house, be warned.
I've tried engine parts in the dishwasher excellent finish but wife no happy.
i've just bought a new dish washer, so i have the old one going on ebay for Ģ20, works fine but dosnt match the kitchen apparently.
I love these types of posts.
They remind me of the early eighties whilst I was living at home with my dad and younger brother. Said younger brother comes staggering through living
room with 350YPVS engine, up the stairs into his bedroom where he proceeded to strip and rebuild it with the help of Mr Stan Stevens ( remember him ?
).
The house stunk of petrol for months :-)
I know about the stink. The backplate has already stunk the kitchen out (blamed it on the dogs). Will it be alright just putting it in without stripping it down?
I can assure you that your supply will be cut off for at least a week if you do.
Steve
Ask her who maintains the appliances and the house in terms of mechanical and electrical maintenance?
Ask her whose responsibility is it to make sure these appliances work?
Then remind her that HER appliances are the two little turney things above the silver bowl in the kitchen, and the one that gets hot whilst making a
hmmmmmmmm noise.
Then remind her how lucky she is to be married to someone in the 21st century, and not the viking era.
Should be fine after that.
Failing that, get rid of the permanent one and get a temp in.
Just swish some fuel in the diff empty out job done , they are bullet proof..... are you
Mine has still got residue from when i had cv joints in it. Be warned.
Like madteg says, swill it out with fuel, will quickly remove the manky oil residue
wife would pull my nuts off ..... through my mouth, pressure washer probably a safer bet !!
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Originally posted by graememk
i've just bought a new dish washer, so i have the old one going on ebay for Ģ20, works fine but dosnt match the kitchen apparently.
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Originally posted by jase380
wife would pull my nuts off ..... through my mouth, pressure washer probably a safer bet !!
if I can get away with an entire engine block, you can do a diff....
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Holy moly. Diff oil is amazing stuff. Stinks to high heaven but I kind of like it. But I would be careful, I spilt some on my seriously drafty garage
a few weeks back and my it still stinks in there.
As much as I like diff oil I wouldn't want my food to taste of it....
Dishwasher tablets (and heat) will frigg the seals up .....think about the agony of crush washers, preloadings, the crying, swearing.....
Just wash it out with some white spirit or petrol or Gunk.
If you're hell-bent, get an old attic water tank or a Gorilla tub or similar and soak overnight in water together with one or two (or several)
dishwasher tablets...or caustic soda.
don't think bearings like a dish washing do they?
Put it in a bucket with diesel.
Leave it overnight.
Pressure washer with hot water.
Donīt forget to add oil immediately as rust comes very fast on superclean surfaces.
Soren S2
I'm still alive, haven't got caught yet. It worked quite well.
