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Cleaning Clutck After Servicing With Tink Seal

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I'm getting ready to service clutch sheaves, the last time I serviced them I used Tink Seal. My question is, how do you clean the clutch sheaves after previously servicing them with Tink Seal. I was going to get a parts washer to clean the rollers, roller cavities (running grease), grease seal races, and inside of sheaves but I'm afraid I might inadvertantly subject the sheave faces to Tink Seal. I thought I could give the sheaves a good cleaning with a parts cleaner but now I'm having second thoughts. It recycles the cleaning fluid and I'm thinking it might subject the sheave faces to Tink Seal. I believe Tinken said Tink Seal can't be removed with brake cleaner because it embeds into the metal. Using Tink Seal is a great idea but it is not grease and can't be treated and possibly cleaned the same way. Any info would be appreciated.
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My main point in starting this thread was not just about how to clean the roller side of the sheave, it was also about using a parts cleaner that re-circulates the liquid cleaner. It seems like it would be easy to contaminate the sheave face if any liquid cleaner used to clean any part that was previously lubed with tink seal (cage bearing, secondary spring cup and pins etc). I'm thinking a parts cleaner might not be a good idea.
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