Cleaning out chasis rails
Submitted: Wednesday, Feb 01, 2006 at 20:31
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Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha)
Dunno who elso sticks there finger into the rails but i have and found they were filled with at least and inch of dust/dried mud. I manages to get some of it out but now the rails are chock a block with crushed cockle shells. There are very few drain holes along the bottom and they are very small certainly to snmall to get shells out of and to small to get mud out of really - Any ideas
BTW watch out for crushed cockle shell beds on
the beach - besides swallowing my vehicle, 2 d shackles and a quite large jacking board. the shells got into everything including the diff pinion and chewed the seal straight out
Reply By: Tim HJ61 (WA) - Wednesday, Feb 01, 2006 at 20:54
Wednesday, Feb 01, 2006 at 20:54
Hi Davoe,
There's a few tips for chassis washing at Post 7918, and the one I was looking for was Post 19001 where they talk about the Massojet available from ARB. I've not got one, but they look like they've got all the tricky angles sorted so you can blast the mud, shells, or whatever out the end of the rails either to the front or back.
At Post 7918 they talk about putting vehicle on ramps to get gravitys help in rolling the bigger items downhill.
It'd be nice if the rails were clear enough of bolts etc to allow a garden hose to be shoved up there from one end to other, but they're not.
I've used the degreaser attachment from my air kit to spray fish oil inside the rails after I'd done my best to clean it all out, but that's not the right tool to clean it out. Maybe the Massojet is.
I'll be interested in how other get the last bits out - bit like cleaning your teeth then still needing to floss to get the last bits out, and they're the ones that do the damage.....
Tim
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Reply By: Wisey (NSW) - Thursday, Feb 02, 2006 at 18:03
Thursday, Feb 02, 2006 at 18:03
Hi Davoe
Just 2 wks ago I flushed my rails with the Massojet. I had previously used a small Gernie without much luck due to the nozzle. I can put a hose most of the way along CR from the back but not with high pressure.
I took
mine to a detailers in an old mechanicle workshop and hoisted it. Stuck on the Masso' and worked until I was happy. Lowered it and removed the front lifting arms of the hoist from underneath and then lifted so the R's end was
well up. Worked the Masso from back to the front all holes until clean. I was lucky as the Lux has 3 holes at the bottom of the rail which allowed the majority of bleep e/sand/grass/mud to exit with regular clearing/poking, no cockle shells though.
I got the Masso with a subscription offer. 1st time used and very happy with it.
Good Luck
Wisey
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Reply By: Cheiffy - Friday, Feb 03, 2006 at 09:04
Friday, Feb 03, 2006 at 09:04
Hi Davoe,
I once stuck the Hilux in a mud/clay pit and it took me ages to get the gunk out. I didn't have the massojet at the time so I stuck the car on the ramps and started to pick the crap out with fingers, screwdrivers (depending where of course) and sprayed car wash down there before I stuck the hoses in. It just takes time and elbow grease by continually repeating the above actions. I also had the radiators pulled because they were chockers also.
I picked up a massojet the other day and would reccomend one. Mind you, they are not running the sort of pressure you be cleaning your driveway with but still managed to remove most of the crap that was under there. The angles on these are awesome and really make cleaning under the vehicle a lot easier and the nozzle fits into the chasis also.
Good Luck
Cheiffy
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