Several of my bolts are white and the others are full of gunk. I am sure the threads on the bike are in the same condition. What are some ways you guys clear all the old stuff off?
Wire wheel on a cordless drill...
wire brush for the large ones, and a pick + compressed air for the smaller ones.
+1 on the ol' wire brush.
For the interior - a gently turned tap should break up the gunk - then you'd need to blow it out
I use carb cleaner. Loctite used to make their own thread cleaner, but they no longer do. A wire wheel is fine for steel fasteners, real bad for aluminum fasteners and will remove the cadmium coating from cadmium coated fasteners.
tap and die
depends on teh type of thread locker.
usually a tap is best. wire wheel works fine, but it can remove cadmium plating which ducati uses on stock bolts.
Thanks for the tips. WIre brush carb cleaner and compressed air worked great! [beer]