Thread: Cleaning out a bottom bracket shell.
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Old 10-07-11 | 10:45 PM
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From: Marysville, WA (north of Seattle.)

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Soaking it in a product called Evaporust for a couple of days worked for me. This BB shell was quite rusty.





More pics of this project on my Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/3915149...th/5189018750/

I liked the stuff so much, I purchased a 5-gallon quantity to do this:



More pics of this project here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/3915149...th/5735724952/

Good luck!
Alex
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