wd40 on brakes

[zenith10]

hello today i was cleaning my motorbike and my dad started to spray everything with his wd40 like spray. he sprayed my disc brakes now my brakes are crap i can hardly brake anymore. what can i do to get rid of this and make my brakes good again?

[CoronaBoner]

Get some soapy water and give them a good soak and then dry them of with a rag or something.

Get your dad doing something useful, like cleaning the garage and not your bike!!
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[Sparks!]

The truth is mate, your dad is trying to kill you.

Does he resent you in any way? Are you next in line to the family business but he'd prefer your younger brother have the business?
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[Ste]

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[Dischord]

I remember using GT85 on my discs, after doing it I went down a big hill and noticed my leg getting REALLY hot! the entire rear end of my bike was on fire If it was only a little it should wear off, when I used to clean my bike I always got something on the discs and it wears off after a mile or so!!
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[phk6]

i dont even spray wd40 on the nuts and bolts on my bike unless im doing some work on it, i just spary bits of the fram which have small rust patchs on and tight spots were i cant clean to help my bike make it thru winter in one pice lol
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[bandit-boy]

i do some work in a pushbike shop. we get quite a lot of people spraying the WHOLE bike in the likes of GT85 to make it shiney then complain the brakes are crap.

get some decent brake cleaner (basically just alcohol), get the pads out, then sand them down a bit of glass (or anything else really flat) while the're swiming in the brake cleaner (this prevents you from breathing in brake pad dust, and helps shift the oil). clean them of with a CLEAN rag, soak in brake cleaner again, and light them with a lighter. while the alcohol is burning off, and the pads are cooling down, clean the disks with plenty of brake cleaner and elbo grease as "ste" says.

it works on pushbikes, and it worked on my bandit when i got brake fluid all over the disks

I've just repeated what Ste said haven't i

[loply]

Just use the brakes for a while I'd suggest.

I've had WD40 contamination on my single front disc before, and after a few 70mph brake-dragging miles it was entirely fine.
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[scoota bk]

I know somebody, left his car parked out in the street, his dad was near it and got a bit of dirt or somehting on the paintwork, and thought it'd be a good idea to clean it off with WIRE WOOL!! I kid you not!

[Paddy Blake]

Wash the disc and clean the pads and spray WD40 on the peddles in your
dads car.

[Pte1643]

[Cillit-BANG]

Meths is also a good budget disk cleaner.

If you dare, and I mean take it very cautiously, a good ride in the wet will help. Build speeds up gradually until your confident the brakes are working again but keep to a speed you know you are still capable of stopping at.

[stinkwheel]

"Disc brake cleaner" It does exactly what it says on the tin.
https://www.motohaus.com/acatalog/discbrakecleaner.GIF

[BFG]

[Cillit-BANG]

I'm not a big fan of the stuff to be honest though. It's expensive, really is very potent unless used outdoors, and is never as good as you expect it to be.

Contact cleaners are usefull, but not for cleaning disks. A rag dipped in 1p's worth of meths works just as well I've always found.

[BFG]

[stinkwheel]

[Ciar?n]

As some1 else said, just find and empty road and keep jamming your brakes on until it cleans itself up.
Mine are fine and i've done it by accident twice now.

If you want your brakes to work REALLY well spray some pepsi on them...
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Meths is good shit for shifting it. That's meths the purple stuff, not crystal meth.
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