Hi,
I used white spirit and a small flat paint brush. The end walls are made of some hard plastic. Clean them and all seals you are going to re-use and wipe off with paper towel asap. Note!, don't loose any of the 4 small plastic "ball roundabout" inserts that are placed in each end wall.
Pour white spirit in the empty truck body to clean all ball races and return bores. Finish by blowing with compressed air.
When reassembling, mount one of the end walls, the bottom ball holder and the side seals. Let the truck rest on the end wall, push some ball bearing grease in the ball return bores and start loading the cleaned balls in one race at a time. Mine had 31 balls in each race. Note!, the 2 last balls in each race are to be placed in their corresponding places in the second end wall with a good blob of ball bearing grease.
NB, Do not forget to push the inner seal into the first end wall's pockets before you reassemble the second end wall.
Install the end seals and brush all visible balls and all seal's lips with ball bearing grease.
Do not forget to unscrew the oil metering bodies from the elbows and check if they are clean and let oil through.
As for lubrication, an Auto-Lube system is highly recommended.
Reinstall the completed trucks (push them gently and firmly) on their original, cleaned and lightly oiled rails, in their original directions.
And please read the other thread I mentioned earlier about not working with several trucks at a time, not mixing trucks from other rails, not mixing balls between trucks, not mixing balls between races etc... |