I;ve used sandpaper to clean them will no ill results. If there is rust, nothing but sandpaper will take care of that. Z Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU> wrote: Hi all, I'm sending this out as another attempt to gather some wisdom regarding cleaning up my axles before putting on my new cv joints. Is it safe to use fine sandpaper to help clean them? (For example, the kind you can use wet?) I had a few responses that thought this was a bad idea. What do people think is the best way for me to clean them up (at the ends where the boots will go)? Thanks for any help, Wes '84 1.9l manual One more question was: should I do anything to my transmission while I have the axles out? Wipe the grease away from the area where the cv joints attach, etc?
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