GAJoe 842 #1 Posted January 2, 2023 (edited) FYI Just in case someone else has a deck spindle with the components "brown welded" as mine did. I'm force feeding Kroil using a rubber tip that came with my grease gun with an extra long red spray can tube that I saved from a SeaFoam treatment kit. I removed the zerk grease fitting and cleaned out the grease in the shaft with Q-Tips. I put the tip to the zerk hole and the Kroil came bublin' up around the shaft. Edited January 2, 2023 by GAJoe 4 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GAJoe 842 #2 Posted January 2, 2023 (edited) And it worked like a charm All three pullies off and shafts out in a morning! Edited January 2, 2023 by GAJoe 4 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,589 #3 Posted January 2, 2023 @GAJoe likin that kroil ! terrific creeping action , also makes a terrific rustproofing spray base creep coating , couple of days out , you notice an oil film on lower seam areas , thats what you want , then over coat it with lubriplate open gear shield , bombproof rustproofing . this what I do to my decks , no rust / rot , sun bake breaks the cycle , pete 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,589 #4 Posted January 3, 2023 @GAJoe scary looking at your approach to a rusted issue , we are sharing the same thought process ? nice to be on the same page , greasy , pete 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,589 #5 Posted January 3, 2023 @GAJoe https://mibearings.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=251717 , this might be it , looking , ebay , amazon , anything that picks up the number , do you have a bearing distributor near by ? even auto parts , should have wide rubber side shields . bearing dist , is best at cross matching . good luck , pete 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,589 #6 Posted January 4, 2023 @GAJoe think there was a timken link to that , brand dosen.t matter . specs do , snoop around , pete 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,589 #7 Posted January 4, 2023 @GAJoe https://mibearings.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=251717 , think so , pete 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davem1111 2,030 #8 Posted January 4, 2023 On 1/2/2023 at 12:14 PM, GAJoe said: And it worked like a charm All three pullies off and shafts out in a morning! I've got a couple of old decks I need to try that on. Is Kroil a lot better than PB Blaster? Pretty sure they're both better than WD-40 for breaking down existing rust. I'd like to hear opinions on these products. Does one work better than another when also applying intense heat (MAPP, etc.)? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GAJoe 842 #9 Posted January 4, 2023 7 minutes ago, davem1111 said: I've got a couple of old decks I need to try that on. Is Kroil a lot better than PB Blaster? Pretty sure they're both better than WD-40 for breaking down existing rust. I'd like to hear opinions on these products. Does one work better than another when also applying intense heat (MAPP, etc.)? I've used both Kroil and PB Blaster. I've had better results with Kroil. I still have a can of PB Blaster in the shop that I haven't picked up after using Kroil. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GAJoe 842 #10 Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) 20 minutes ago, davem1111 said: I've got a couple of old decks I need to try that on. Is Kroil a lot better than PB Blaster? Pretty sure they're both better than WD-40 for breaking down existing rust. I'd like to hear opinions on these products. Does one work better than another when also applying intense heat (MAPP, etc.)? I gave the pulley hubs a couple good soakings and only one of the three resisted the Wonder Bar lift slightly, but did come off without a fight. Two of the shafts came out easily and I let the third soak a bit after the "force feed". I got as much of the grease out with Q-tips before doing the force feed. I knew that if the Kroil could get to the parts that the fight would be easier. Then I happened to think that the grease channels provided the Kroil a path to those parts. I just had to devise a method to get the Kroil through the grease channels. If the grease has gotten old and hard it probably wouldn't move out of the way. Edited January 4, 2023 by GAJoe 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davem1111 2,030 #11 Posted January 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, GAJoe said: I've used both Kroil and PB Blaster. I've had better results with Kroil. I still have a can of PB Blaster in the shop that I haven't picked up after using Kroil. Awesome - I'll pick up some Kroil next time I see it, or order some online. Hey, I noticed that you're in Eastanollee GA - we may be somewhat "neighbors" in the not too distant future (maybe about 2 years from now). Wife and I are looking at places in and around Walhalla, SC. We both love it around there. Her sister from Atlanta got married at Toccoa Falls a few years ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GAJoe 842 #12 Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, davem1111 said: Awesome - I'll pick up some Kroil next time I see it, or order some online. Hey, I noticed that you're in Eastanollee GA - we may be somewhat "neighbors" in the not too distant future (maybe about 2 years from now). Wife and I are looking at places in and around Walhalla, SC. We both love it around there. Her sister from Atlanta got married at Toccoa Falls a few years ago. Lookin' forward to it. Things are starting to grow around here since the huge SK Battery plant got built in Commerce, GA. Another international company is going to build a facility to recycle automotive Lithium batteries near us. Toccoa is getting a Chick-Fil-A even. Edited January 4, 2023 by GAJoe 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver2-44 9,714 #13 Posted January 4, 2023 2 hours ago, GAJoe said: Another international company is going to build a facility to recycle automotive Lithium batteries near us. Interesting how o one wanted Nuclear fuel processing facilities near then. But Lithium battery manufacturing and reprocessing businesses are desirable. Both can go BOOM 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,124 #14 Posted January 4, 2023 11 hours ago, davem1111 said: Eastanollee GA - Walhalla, SC. Toccoa Falls Those are all close to me also. My wife and I honeymooned in Clarksville GA and retired to Franklin NC seventeen years ago. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OoPEZoO 513 #15 Posted January 4, 2023 I'll say this about Kroil......my grandfather was a machinist, and also owned his own excavating business for pretty much his entire life. Kroil was the ONLY thing you ever found in his shop for jobs like this. He owned and repaired all of his own heavy equipment, most of it old and rusty. After he passed away about 10yrs ago, we were cleaning out the shop and I helped myself to a case of the Kroil stacked in the corner........FAR AND AWAY THE BEST penetrating oil I've ever used and all I will ever buy. It also works fantastic as a cutting fluid on the drill press. I also use it to treat my welding table every few months. The spatter just balls up and rolls across the table instead of sticking. I'm 100% sold on the stuff and will echo that I also have PB blaster and WD on the shelf, they just collect dust 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,589 #16 Posted January 5, 2023 @OoPEZoO if you gave a new truck , any brand , a body spray with kroil , especially under cab and at fender well openings , in a day all those areas would be wet with creeping kroil , then over spray with open gear oil , it would follow the kroil into the tight spots , stop rust / rot before it starts . cannot beat a penetrant like kroil , in doors , tailgate , frame cross channel's . done that on my stuff for years , not a speck of rust/ rot . simple / easy , pete 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
