Topic: E Locker Install questions

[Aaronm]

I am installing an E locker in the rear of my 87 4runner using the stock 8 inch axle housing. I have been using the info I got at http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/electric_locker/ and now that everything is ready to go together I need to get the pound of metal grindings out of the axle housing. I have been using a magnet and brake clean to try to wash and collect the peices of metal but it seems that I am not getting all of the metal shavings. Does anyone have a way that they have used before to get all of the metal out of an axle housing?

[79coyotefrg]

i used a hi pressure water hose,  alot easier to dry the water out than get the shavings out with a rag

[Aaronm [OP]]

i used a hi pressure water hose,  alot easier to dry the water out than get the shavings out with a rag

Did you just blast the water through one of the axle sides? Was the axle in the rig or did you take it out?

[hasbeen]

I stuffed rags into either side of my axle when I did all the grinding/drilling. Still though, I had shavings and such down into the axle tubes. i had the axle housing off the truck with everything out of it so lifting it on end and blowing it out wasn't a problem at all. I used a bit of brake clean down there as well. It sounds like maybe you still have your axle on the rig? If so it would probably be a pain to remove the stuff. See if you can borrow an air compressor with a long flexible nozzle.

[Cheesemaker]

Got a good shop vac?