Cleaning used motorcycle parts......

I found a method a couple of years ago that I think is worth passing on........

Got dirty engine parts, brake parts, axles, etc ?  Try this-

1) Get a used crockpot / slow cooker at a garage sale. Cheap, 5 bucks or less. Get a used one, do not use the one in the kitchen.

                   

2) Get a couple of bottles of Simple Green ( or be smart and buy a gallon refill bottle of it )

3) Take all of your oily, greasy, dirty, ancient engine parts, grears, hubs, carb parts, etc and dump them into the crockpot.

4) Now fill it up with straight Simple Green. Fill it to the top, or at least cover the parts in the crockpot.

5) Let cook for a couple of hours, or overnight.

6) Pull out your clean, shiny like-new parts ! Enjoy.
I was turned on to Simple Green a long time ago by an old gunsmith. He uses it to remove 60 year old carbon from the firing chamber of weapons he works on. Powerful stuff, and unlike the old days when gas was cheap and we would just toss parts in a bucket of gas, Simple Green is easy on your hands.
Does not sound like a big deal until the skin on your hands starts to peel off.