How to Properly Clean Undercarriage?

[paddlenbike]

Agreed, it's almost always a Pebble that blocks the weep hole. I usually turn the hose on a little bit and run water in the cup whole I swish my hand around to get everything to drain through the weep hole. Then when you replace shocks down the road you won't have to cut them out.

 

[kolelt]

Agreed, it's almost always a Pebble that blocks the weep hole. I usually turn the hose on a little bit and run water in the cup whole I swish my hand around to get everything to drain through the weep hole. Then when you replace shocks down the road you won't have to cut them out.

And by cut them out as in replacing the upper shock mounts ?? So there is a drain hole there ? Are the upper rear shock mounts thick ? Durable ? I'd like to clean mine up from inside and outside and repsray it with fresh paint. So far I've sprayed wd40 in the upper mount.

 

[paddlenbike]

If the top shock nut sits in a muddy upper mount, it eventually rusts the shock nut to the shock body. When some people go to replace the shocks, they have to cut the nut or top of the shock shaft off to remove the shock. I haven't heard of anyone needing to cut the mount itself off. Keeping the upper mount free of debris and the weep hole clean will make shock removal much easier.

 

[KidVermicious]

I usually pressure wash the undercarriage after a muddy trip. And every couple of years I get under there and repaint places where I've scraped the paint off on rocks. If I lived in the rust belt, I would do it much more often.

That is way too f*cking clean. What's wrong with you?