Topic: What am I doing wrong?

[robdrobd]

I can not get the grease off my swing arm and frame!! I am using a wire brush and Simple Green, but the stuff is just caked on. Is there something better than the simple green?

[Gorms]

How worried are you about the paint?  Brake cleaner?

[Alan F.]

Old business cards work well to remove caked on crud from most things.  Perhaps warming the crud with a hair dryer and heating your simple green solution will help accelerate things?
-Alan

[Magpie]

Gunk grease remover works, the liquid brush on kind. The steel brush will be hell on your paint. If the swing arm and frame are bare a power washer will do it too. varsoll too.
Cliff.

[Duke McDukiedook]

Note: Magpie said bare, no motor or electrics on the bike, that's about the only time you would want to use a power washer on your motorcycle.

I would recommend not using one at all, they can screw up stuff you never thought you could screw up on your bike.

[mystic_1]

If it's caked on there real bad (chain lube?) then consider using a plastic putty knife to scrape off the worst of it.

In a pinch you could use the sharp end of wood shims, the blunt ends of bamboo shiskabob skewers, or anything similarly soft.

mystic_1

[Really?]

Good luck, that chain lube, oil and grime can become a flippin' rock.

A lotta rubbin' with gumout may work.  If the paint is still decent looking when you are done and not all tore up on the frame/swingarm, Meguires Cleaner Wax can bring back a good shine.

[SKTP]

I was AMAZED with how well Hondabrite works...its frickin' magical

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[robdrobd]

Good luck, that chain lube, oil and grime can become a flippin' rock.

A lotta rubbin' with gumout may work.  If the paint is still decent looking when you are done and not all tore up on the frame/swingarm, Meguires Cleaner Wax can bring back a good shine.

I am cleaning it to re-paint anyway!

[lone*X]

I am cleaning it to re-paint anyway!
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Then a good "sharp" putty knife and kerosene or varsol (cheap).