Anyone ever use something like this to clean parts?
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95563

Otherwise, I usually end up using 409 and dish soap. Loose dirt I blow off with my air compressor, and of course, I use motor spray for the engine grease.
I tried denatured alcohol, but it does not work as well as 409. Neither does simple green.

Purple power should work well as well. However read the warnings, it can dry out rubber and you really don't want it on your hands! Strong stuff.

i normally jsut use wd-40 to clean all of my parts. i usually spray down the plastic parts. and for the metal ones, i spray a cloth and wipe them down. seems to work nicely.

i just usually take the car apart down to the chassis after every trip to the track and wash off the chassis in the sink w/ soap and water and clean the other stuff by hand.

+1 Dont race but clean same way after a bash! Good forearm workout.

I made my own parts cleaner

Old air pump from a fish tank.
Some double sticky servo tape.
Small cup.
Put tape on bottom of cup and attach it to the top of the pump.
Saves yourself $95
Worked fine for cleaning bearings

the best one i herd of for cleaning a buggy was to strip all the elactronics and motor off and throw it in the dish washer! LOL
surprizing it actualy works!

i strip my shit down take out all the bearings and moving metall parts spray it down for degreaser let it soak and throw it in the sink, compressor to dry and clean the other stuff by hand etc

I like the fish tank idea! Very cool! I must give that a try for cleaning my diff gears and other sloppy stuff.

I don't get it? I have all those things too. how does it work?

I was thinking the same thing...Mabye you're supposed to put liquid cleaner in the cup and the bubbles clean them?

that would make sence.

DAM! I have like 5 of them around here, I should line up a small tank with those on it!

OK, put the cup ON the pump, pour in cleaner, put parts in and plug in pump. The vibration will loosen all the crap trapped in the parts.