I dont know if this is in the right forum, I'm kinda new to Honda-tech. Need some input. I have a set of eagle rods that were used once for 1 day and were sold to me. I've had them for about 6 months. I sprayed them down like once a month with DW40 but i've been noticing some rust accumalating on them. How do i remove it? And how do i prevent it? Is this bad? And also i have a micropolished crank that has minor rust on it too. Heres what it looks like:














Modified by RedEgSi at 10:26 PM 4/10/2007

 

personally I would leave the rods in a dam cloth of oil and the crankshaft wrapped up aswell in some cloth thats wet with oil.

To get rid of the rust, take a very fine cloth and use WD40 and try to rub off the rust. If it doesn't you will need to try to clean it up with oil and if that wont help, then you might have to contact a machine shop. They can re-hone the small end of the rod(where piston wrist pin goes) and I'm sure a crankshaft shop can re-polish the crank

 

wire brush and fogging oil

 

Some guys might suggest standing the crank up on it's face

 

when you say oil, what kind of oil? motor oil? wd40?

 

there is this product called lubriko rust preventative wax which you can brush onto the crank journals, flywheel end face, and the rod bores...this stuff is piece of mind

 

why not put them in a engine...

Nah but just get like a bucket or somthing and put some motor oil in it or wd40, or theres this **** called cosmoline that they use on cylinders to keep em from rusting

 

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wd40 is a light lubricant...it's not an oil

I'd use normal car-engine oil

 

even regular grease

 

Grease is hard to remove. Don't use it.

Use motor oil and put it in a sealed plastic bag.

 

alright i took em to the nearest machine shop and they cleaned them up nicely for me. Now i'm gonna put em in motor oil. Thanks guys.

 

There's a gun oil you can get at some sporting goods shops called Hoppes no 9. Coat your rods in that and then coat a rag with it, wrap the rods in the rag, put it in a plastic bag and squeeze all the air out. The hoppes stays forever as far as I have seen and it displaces moisture. I've used it to store handgun parts for extended periods of time with great success, and blued steel rusts just by looking at it. Alternatively you can try some military surplus packing grease with the same concept.

 

WD40 displaces moisture. The displaced moisture usually beads up on top of the wd40. i.e. not good for corrosion protection.
Get some Iron Clad from Zep. You can coat a crank and they say you can leave it outside for a year without any weather damage. Up to 5 years if kept inside. Cleans off with brake parts cleaner. Your best bet is too soak them in oil and keep them inside or where it won't get below 60ish degrees.

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There would be no need to hone the small end, its a bronze bushing. It won't rust.

 

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Machined gun parts are just as prone to oxidation as machined engine parts. The difference is, there are products available for storing guns, as that is more likely than storing engine parts. You can also do the bucket of oil thing, but using the above method will be less messy.

 

Not sure best way to get rid of rust but probably using wd-40 or something bujt once you get rid of the rust make sure you leave them in motor oil until you're using them.
edit: just realised you have figured this out by know, hope it works any way good luck..

 

thanks for all the help guys. I 'll look into the gun oil method.