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Hey all Transmission experts - this is a cleaning question, not a Alfetta Transaxle question, so thought it best to post it here.
My Alfetta transaxle was DIRTY when I bought the car! I powerwashed and brushed and Simple-Green'ed the thing, but only got the surface dirt/grease off. It was still unacceptably filthy!
I knew I had to take it all apart because the synchro's were trashed. So, I started disassembly, cleaning a bit but getting my hands/gloves very messy. Now I have the transaxle in the three main pieces that these come apart into - clutch assembly, mainshaft/gear/synchro assembly, and final drive assembly.
My question is this... now that I have three separate assemblies, can I dunk each of them (housing, gears and all) into my Simple Green solution, or do I really need to take everything apart and just soak the housings?
I know I'm taking the center section apart - the one with the gears and synchros... but was hoping not to take the other two assemblies apart. The Clutch is new and the final drive seems to be fine. But I'll do it if that is the only way to get these housings clean.
Help me "clean up" this issue! Thanks!
My Alfetta transaxle was DIRTY when I bought the car! I powerwashed and brushed and Simple-Green'ed the thing, but only got the surface dirt/grease off. It was still unacceptably filthy!
I knew I had to take it all apart because the synchro's were trashed. So, I started disassembly, cleaning a bit but getting my hands/gloves very messy. Now I have the transaxle in the three main pieces that these come apart into - clutch assembly, mainshaft/gear/synchro assembly, and final drive assembly.
My question is this... now that I have three separate assemblies, can I dunk each of them (housing, gears and all) into my Simple Green solution, or do I really need to take everything apart and just soak the housings?
I know I'm taking the center section apart - the one with the gears and synchros... but was hoping not to take the other two assemblies apart. The Clutch is new and the final drive seems to be fine. But I'll do it if that is the only way to get these housings clean.
Help me "clean up" this issue! Thanks!