Rust Protection?

[Conker]

After temporarily removing the upper torsion bar from my Mk2 (better access to the head), I've found light rust:




What should I do to protect the turret before I screw the torsion bar back on again - Is there some sort of grease I should apply e.g. copper grease?  The bolts for the torsion beam do not have nuts, they are just screwed straight into the body shell, so should I also be protecting the bolt holes as well?

Cheers for any suggestions.

[hobbiniho]

clean rust back to bare metal and spray with etch primer then paint whatever colour you want and for the holes i would put plenty of copper grease on them, last thing you want is your suspension turrets rusting away 

[Uruk Hai]

As above I would strip the area back to the bare metal and sand/grind any rust left then I would use a good rust treament on the whole area and then etch prime 

[Conker]

Balls.

I was hoping to just spray on some sort of uber-grease to prevent all further oxidisation.

 

[hobbiniho]

clean it up while it is still only a minor problem, you will thank yourself later 

[Conker]

Can't believe the 'tard that fitted the torsion bar didn't do more to protect against damp that would obviously build up underneath it. Grrr.

[dadrathers]

Probably a bit late now - I guess you have put the torsion bra (deliberate) back on. But i would blather the whole thing in Waxoyl - unless you want the paintwork to be as good as the exterior bodywork - lol

I swear by Waxoyl - amazing stuff.

[Conker]

I've not refitted it yet as I've been doing loads of work on the engine and it gets in the way.

I was wondering if I could use waxoyl...

[Uruk Hai]

IMO waxiol is very good but I would still sand/grind all the rust you can see then use a good rust treatment and then plaster with waxoil. Just make sure your realy thourough, you dont want that area rusting out 

[Dinky]

IMO waxiol is very good but I would still sand/grind all the rust you can see then use a good rust treatment and then plaster with waxoil. Just make sure your realy thourough, you dont want that area rusting out 

^ftw! will be worth it in the long run..tis the treatment the cab is getting..but im also hammeriting every inside panel..seemed a good idea at the time

Dinx