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nowaktj 
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 Topic: How to clean a rusty camshaft?
Posted: 26 Nov 2010 at 4:24am |
I have a camshaft for a 262 Diesel that has surface rust on the bearing journals and the lobes.
What is the best way to bring this back to useable condition?
Thanks in advance for the help,
Terry
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Dick L
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Posted: 26 Nov 2010 at 6:35am |
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Soft steel or brass wire wheel.
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DMiller
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Posted: 26 Nov 2010 at 10:10am |
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You may need to have it 'Polished' at a machine shop to keep it from destroying itself during operation, as to the journals, if it will not clean off with steel wool I would seriously take it to someone but I will not use a wire wheel on them.
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 26 Nov 2010 at 10:20am |
Send it off to Berry Cam Service. They're up there in MN somewhere. Do the Google thing...
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Matt (Jordan,MN)
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Posted: 26 Nov 2010 at 10:59am |
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Barry's cam service is located in Lester Prairie ,MN There phone # 320-935-2377. The machine shop i use takes all there cams and crankshafts to Barry's. I have never had a problem with there work.
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Pa.Pete
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Posted: 26 Nov 2010 at 3:07pm |
You could try toilet bowl cleaner. I worked for years in tool and die shops and we would use it on rusty parts that came out of the wire EDM. Just get a good stiff scrub brush, wear your satety glasses and rubber gloves and scrub away. Make sure you rinse it off good then oil it up, also works on chrome.
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Clay
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Posted: 27 Nov 2010 at 11:00am |
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Pa.Pete, which brand of toilet bowl cleaner? I have never heard of that method but it sounds interesting.
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 27 Nov 2010 at 11:20am |
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that sounds like how we used coke or pepsi and a rag to buff rust out of chrome bumpers , way back when cars had chrome bumpers .
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Posted: 27 Nov 2010 at 11:32am |
 Clay wrote:
Pa.Pete, which brand of toilet bowl cleaner? I have never heard of that method but it sounds interesting. |
Most of them are formulated to break down the rust in hard water some may work better than others, I don't remember the brand we used but the thick stuff works best, let it soak on the part for a while then scrub it rinse well and coat with oil.
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Tricky Dickie
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Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 5:48am |
Some toilet bowl cleaners will remove rust very effectively because many of them contain phosphoric acid, which is the active ingredient of most commercial rust eaters. It's just like using Jenolite or Kingston Kurust, but a whole lot cheaper!
Tricky Dickie
Edited by Tricky Dickie - 29 Nov 2010 at 5:48am
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B26240
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Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 7:22am |
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Man the interesting things I learn here, I have just removed the gears from a junked WD and they look good except for some rust, ill try the toilet cleaner thing and see what happens! (transmition gears)
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Gerald J.
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Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 10:24am |
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Rust removers for domestic use USED to have phosphoric acid. Now they don't because of the effects excess phosphorus do in sewage. They don't clean well either. There may be more acid in coke now.
Gerald J.
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