Today's Accomplishment

[Tatey]

Well today i've upgraded my electrolysis bath, I originally had issues with my first very simple design as the electrode cable was put into the water meaning that it was eaten away and snapped off, thus stopping the process. So i decided to get around that by making a new bigger electrolysis bath:

Electrolysis Bath 1.0



Electrolysis Bath 2.0:



I think that Electrolysis Bath 2.1 will include a better method of holding rusty parts, as the current method involves some string .

Let me know what you think or if you have any questions about the process.

[Bonzo]

Nice one Tatey .... Very well worked out

Have you been using washing soda for the electrolite or have you been using something more hardcore ?

I have mostly new parts but I do have some stuff that could do with a good zap

I'll follow your progress with interest

[Tatey]

I'm just using soda crystals at the moment as they are cheap and easy to get hold of since they are only £1 for 1kg from Tesco.

I have to say it was quite fun just making up the new bath as I went along, makes a welcome change from following the build guide for the car .

I'll be putting my hub carriers in once I can figure out how to remove the bearings, as I've learned from my uni course, that bearings really do not like electricity. I also need to figure out how to dissemble (without breaking ) the drum brake assembly, as that needs a good clean as well.

[Bonzo]

Originally Posted by Tatey

I'll be putting my hub carriers in once I can figure out how to remove the bearings, as I've learned from my uni course, that bearings really do not like electricity. I also need to figure out how to dissemble (without breaking ) the drum brake assembly, as that needs a good clean as well.

That's the exact same parts that I need to clean up .... When I get a moment, I will have a look at the rear bearing set up.

I seem to remember that they use pre-loaded taper bearings, if that is the case, once the oil seals are removed, the bearing inner races should just pop out
Doubt the tank will hurt the outer race shells !!??

I do stand to be corrected though

[Tatey]

From what I've been told, the electricity pits the surface of the ball bearings, outer and inner races, thus creating an uneven surface and vastly shortening the life of the bearings. So i guess its better to be safe than sorry, well thats if the outer race can be removed easily .

I had a quick look at them last week and they definitely are tapered bearings.

[Bonzo]

Originally Posted by Tatey

From what I've been told, the electricity pits the surface of the ball bearings, outer and inner races, thus creating an uneven surface and vastly shortening the life of the bearings. So i guess its better to be safe than sorry

If that's the case, it would be daft to leave any part of the bearings exposed

I know it is probably needless but I have a personal thing about re-using an outer race once I have drifted it out .... Probably because I know what I have done to it getting it out

I wouldn't imagine that bearing kits are too expensive & you get piece of mind + new oil seals

[alga]

Wow, this is a royal electrolysis bath! For 2.1 you could also add a dedicated contact point for the charger clamp!

As for holding the part, I used thick copper wire instead of string. Easy to bend to shape to hold the part, doubles as an electrode!

[Tatey]

The contact point isn't shown in the picture Alga, its welded to the support arm on the right hand side (only because i forgot to drill the hole before bending the arm ), it's a hole drilled through the steel, which the cable is securely attached to, it seems to be working well.

[twinturbo]

Some bearing kit's are expensive, like xr4x4 front ones.. But I think the normal front ones are not that bad.

TT

[RAYLEE29]

HI, When i did my rear hub carriers i removed the hub and used the lids from tubes of grease with a few rounds of insulation tape on them pushed into the seal either side ths stopped the water solution getting at the bearings this worked really well
i did remove the seals and bearings after for cleaning but managed to use all the old bits again as they looked good as new
anyway hope this helps Ray