Parts Washers

[cmartin]

One downside to shelving a project for too long is parts need to be cleaned again. I have a decent parts washer and usually use mineral spirits that usually works quite well.

For the engine I'm thinking about stepping up to a ultrasonic cleaner. I've done a little reading about # of transducers, watts and capacity. Am I thinking too much about this? Ideally I'd like a unit that will accept 911 cylinders and parts smaller. Prices sure go nuts for bigger than a gallon.

Instead of ultrasonic should I look at a heated parts washer? Any other options?

Thanks

[markwemple]

Oh Kurt....!

[Vicegrip]

At your command.

I have a 5 gallon 44 MHZ heated ultrasonic cleaner that has a bit more power than most as to sonic wattage. It works well for some stuff and is too slow for others. Unless the part is delicate or internaly complex a standard washer seems to work just fine. Think carb body. I take some parts from my dishwasher type washer straight into the ultrasonic. The diswasher gets the grease and the ultrasonic gets into the corners and beyond. I think you can rebuild a motor just fine without an ultrasonic buit they do add a level of detail that other systems cannot. Look for the newer type that use a sliding frequency. Lower freq cleans harder higher cleans smaller . sliding is a good combo of both. If not the 44 MHZ is the fixed tone sweet spot.

[markwemple]

I've seen it 1st hand and it IS a very cool tool. Just another tool Kurt has that it dream of getting when I grow up.

[cmartin]

Thanks VG

I'll keep my eye out for one but I wont let it hold me up. Part of my motivation is a stubborn Ruger .22, I spent way too much time cleaning it other other day.

Funny, a similar thread turned up on Pelican today. Seems I'm not the only one looking at these things. When I worked at a shop I used a dishwasher like washer that was heated and had the special/commercial solvent. The thing worked great but was too loud and $$ for my needs these days.

[Trak Ratt]

I've used the dish washer for parts that are not cruddy but read recently that EvoDiesel is the shits for cleaning really dirty parts. Anyone ever use it? Heard it has a relatively short shelve life too.

[VaSteve]

holy Zombie thread, Batman!

[Charlie Stylianos]

I just bought this smaller ultrasonic cleaner from HF last week to rebuild another set of carbs for the CB650.

http://www.harborfreight.com/25-liter-ultrasonic-cleaner-95563.html

I was looking on e-bay for weeks for a commercial/decent sized (3-4L) US cleaner but they are $$, even used. For the money, the HF unit really is pretty decent. Non-adjustable 40kHz, 2.5L at 60W is just about the edge of the recommended 100W/gallon wattage/volume ratio, but so far its been doing a good Job. The basket is junk as it rests right on the transducer, so I've been suspending bits via coat hangers and strainers from the top. On sale +20% discount coupon I got it for about $65. Been using straight Pine Sol with very good results. The built on heater will get the solution to about 140-F and expect to run multiple 8-minute cycles for a good clean.

I'll post some pics when I get a chance.

[Trak Ratt]

Thanks Charlie
holy Zombie thread, Batman!
:roll: we say use Search then you are suprised when some one does??? Besides you're sort of famous for digginh up old threads :p

[cmcfaul@aol.com]

Sweet, I had a CB 750 back in the day....so fast should be illegal :-)

Chris




I just bought this smaller ultrasonic cleaner from HF last week to rebuild another set of carbs for the CB650.

http://www.harborfreight.com/25-liter-ultrasonic-cleaner-95563.html

I was looking on e-bay for weeks for a commercial/decent sized (3-4L) US cleaner but they are $$, even used. For the money, the HF unit really is pretty decent. Non-adjustable 40kHz, 2.5L at 60W is just about the edge of the recommended 100W/gallon wattage/volume ratio, but so far its been doing a good Job. The basket is junk as it rests right on the transducer, so I've been suspending bits via coat hangers and strainers from the top. On sale +20% discount coupon I got it for about $65. Been using straight Pine Sol with very good results. The built on heater will get the solution to about 140-F and expect to run multiple 8-minute cycles for a good clean.

I'll post some pics when I get a chance.