ZZSE Front Axle Cleaning

s7mk · Post by **s7mk** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:01 pm

I'm sure a lot of you have experience your ZZSE getting jammed on the front axle because of hairs and stuff. How do you clean it?

sessiz · Post by **sessiz** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:46 am

Best way is to not run it on the carpet (

) or you could take the front end apart and go at the knuckles with cuticle scissors and tweezers. If you don't want to go "all out" you could try the patented lighter and needle method. Pass over the major clog with a lighter and then pick at it with a needle, then repeat. (make sure you got rims and rubbers off, makes it easier)
Hope this helped.

stampede_dude · Post by **stampede_dude** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:52 am

sessiz wrote:Best way is to not run it on the carpet ( ) or you could take the front end apart and go at the knuckles with cuticle scissors and tweezers. If you don't want to go "all out" you could try the patented lighter and needle method. Pass over the major clog with a lighter and then pick at it with a needle, then repeat. (make sure you got rims and rubbers off, makes it easier)
Hope this helped.

Sdog · Post by **Sdog** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:26 am

......or you could use tweezers.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:27 pm

I've done something similar as sessiz, but I just use a pin and some scissors. Pull some out with a pin, snip it with scissors (good ones that will cut at the tip). The lighter actually sounds a lot quicker.

The problem with tweezers is they just pull the hair tighter around the axle.

s7mk · Post by **s7mk** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:34 pm

So, you guys think, flicking a lighter on the clogged part will burn out all the fibers and hairs?

sessiz · Post by **sessiz** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:04 pm

s7mk wrote:So, you guys think, flicking a lighter on the clogged part will burn out all the fibers and hairs?

Depends on how big of a mess ya gots there. I've never had anything too bad build up so it usually takes a couple of passes, but if you want to be safe use dave's method. That should work perfectly fine and can take care of a terrible mess prolly easier.

s7mk · Post by **s7mk** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:06 pm

K, mine go clogged just now. I took off the wheel and dug at it with a needle. Then I passed the lighter under it, giving it time to cool between each pass. I dug at it more and then it was all good again.

sessiz · Post by **sessiz** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:08 pm

Glad we could help.