It took some time but I cleaned up the axle / spring spacers and sprayed with the rust converter. You can see how the rust converter turned black when it reacts to rust.
With both ends cleaned and sprayed, it's time to strip the rust from the axle.
Bought this new wire brush for the grinder with hopes it will do a good job. When I got home I found our the Max RPM's for the brush is 8,000 and the grinder no load RPM's is 11,000. :( Oh well, lets see if it will work. Kids done try this at home, I am a trained Do it Yourselfer and limited on places near by to get the right brush.
This photo does not do justice to how well the brush works. Just to let you know, the brush fans out pretty good at high RPM's and I only had to pull two wires out of my leg. :)
Now with the rust stripped I sprayed it with the Rust Converter.
I will wait 24 hours for that to dry and give it a coat of paint.
Here is a photo that really worried me about the condition of the Springs. :o Look at these nuts, I guess this is what happens when you get old. ;D
