I just found out that sandblasting (actually, I'm using crushed glass media) works well for cleaning rubber.
This example is for the rubber bushings which hold the steering rack to the front crossmember. There were a lot of corrosion byproducts stuck onto the rubber.
Sandblasting Rubber
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Re: Sandblasting Rubber
Rubber should be especially easy to media blast.
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Re: Sandblasting Rubber
makes sense to me, outcome looks great! thanks for sharing the idea!
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