Pre and post 4WD preparation?

[Phizinza]

What's your pre and post preparation for 4 wheeling? I mean things that keep your car going, not tools and recovery gear.

 

I have had afew issues offroading lately. Like I took a trip out and found some water, after a few more days the bearings in my front hubs and in my brothers front hubs were coated with muddy grease.

And my recent trip was outback and as some may know the salinity (salt amount) in the dirt in Australia is CRAZY high. I was pressure cleaning the underneth of my car and I could taste salt from the spray off and every bear piece of metal was rusted.. It looked like my car sat at the beach for a week, and it was only 2 days off 4 wheeling.

 

So what do you do to keep your car running nice?

[Rooinater]

What's your pre and post preparation for 4 wheeling? I mean things that keep your car going, not tools and recovery gear.

 

I have had afew issues offroading lately. Like I took a trip out and found some water, after a few more days the bearings in my front hubs and in my brothers front hubs were coated with muddy grease.

And my recent trip was outback and as some may know the salinity (salt amount) in the dirt in Australia is CRAZY high. I was pressure cleaning the underneth of my car and I could taste salt from the spray off and every bear piece of metal was rusted.. It looked like my car sat at the beach for a week, and it was only 2 days off 4 wheeling.

 

So what do you do to keep your car running nice?

 

by a few cans of undercoating and coat the bottom of your car to help prevent all that rusting. treat the rust first and coat it with paint.

 

they sell sealed bearings for subaru's... buy them and install them. helps keep the mud out.

 

also install differential breathers on the rearend. by that i mean extend a hose off of the rear diff breather into the cab. anytime you have a lot of water crossings and such, change all your oil.

[Mike W]

Non-stick cooking spray (like "Pam") from the dollar store sure makes clean up alot easier. Mud just falls off on the trail and the rest hoses right off.

[Phizinza]

Non-stick cooking spray (like "Pam") from the dollar store sure makes clean up alot easier. Mud just falls off on the trail and the rest hoses right off.

Yeah, I have thought about something like this. I was told silicone spray works great, but it also costs a lot.

 

I do need to finish my undercoating. I've only done the wheel arches.

Those sealed bearings are good then eh? I'll have to look into them when I replace my front right bearing (making noises at the moment.)

I've only ever once been through water that got above the diff. And when I went to change it, well, it looked fine. Here in Australia it is hard to find crossable water that is deeper then a couple of inches... And things are only getting drier.