2012 October 17: More cleaning and dregeasing (1.75 hours)
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I cleaned and degreased the wheels, swing arm, and rear drive. The wheels and rear drive weren't so bad, but the swing arm was a lot of work. Externally, there was a lot of really crusty material that was hard to remove. Internally, I cleaned out a *huge* amount of what appeared to be anti-seize (silver in color, felt like anti-seize). It had settled along the entire length of the bottom of the drive shaft tube and was about an inch wide and probably an 1⁄8 inch thick. Some was also up in the ujoint area as well as in the rear drive. I have no idea why anyone would ever put anti-seize in there. What a mess.
Photo courtesy of Gregory Bender.
Photo courtesy of Gregory Bender.