I got to do some cleaning tonight... I picked the front area as it’s compact and easy access
Took the plate off and I’ve never seen one with so much debris in it, threads, fluff dust and dust bunnies, I gave it a run round with a few cotton swabs so I could get a better feel for what was there and took the photos.
I used cotton swabs to clean out the easy fluff, and get between things.
Then I used baby wipes, to remove fluff caught in oil and the oil then I went round with a torch and fine screwdriver, to tease any stuck fluff out of the corners and any nooks.
Then I went round again with the baby wipes, and wrapped them round the swabs and the screwdriver to make sure I could get into all the corners.
It’s a lot cleaner now and so smooth! Amazing!
Pic one is after a light swabbing to get rid of the big fluff
Pic 2 is after all of the above
Pic 3 is all the crud that came out