How to clean a ballscrew?

[veteq]

Hello guys,

I`ve bought 3 new kuroda c3 ballscrews on ebay and there covered with the grease from the factory, in the datasheet is told that i should use
a difrerent lubrication.

How do i clean the ballscrews and get the thick grease off ???
Also would like to get the grease out off the nut.
Cann i use brake cleaner or something, is it to agressive for the seal.

What should i use for grease or oil when its clean??

regards,

Roy B

[Jason3]

Hi Roy

I use white spirits to clean them - I don't know whether the brake cleaner would be ok or not. Is there definitely grease in the nut? That could be a pain to clean out, hopefully it isn't critical to clean it out completely.

Here's the NSK grease guidelines - they should be comparable. I'll see if I can find the grease quantity guide - I was reading it a day or two ago, but can't recall where now

Best regards,

Jason

Ps - found some other instructions, they helpfully say 'Wipe with thin rags...'

[veteq]

Hee Jason,

Nice to hear off you over here, thanks for the data,
spirits is a lot loss agrassive, will do.
regards.