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chris-red
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PostPosted: 06:22 - 14 May 2008    Post subject: Brake caliper cleaning Reply with quote
What should/shouldn't I be using to clean shite off the pistons in my brake calipers?

I was thinking Petrol/Muc off/WD40.
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PostPosted: 07:20 - 14 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Brake cleaner?

You don't want to be buggering the seals, not saying those products will, but with brakes I'd only use the proper stuff.
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PostPosted: 20:59 - 14 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Big_Ham wrote:
Brake cleaner?

You don't want to be buggering the seals, not saying those products will, but with brakes I'd only use the proper stuff.



I brought some and funnily enough it worked really well, I advise everyone do it, it only took about an hour.

Take the pads out and fart about with the pistons untill you have all of them out about 1cm, this involves lots of squeezing the levers and pushing pistons back in, liberal spaying of brake cleaner and using a toothbrush and a cloth clean them up. It improves braking and smoothness no end.
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alun111
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PostPosted: 23:36 - 14 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
I use brake fluid on the pistons and an cotton bud (ear cleaning). I find this much more effective as the brake fluid doesn't evaporate!
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PostPosted: 01:35 - 15 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
alun111 wrote:
I use brake fluid on the pistons and an cotton bud (ear cleaning). I find this much more effective as the brake fluid doesn't evaporate!

I find the fact that it evapourates helpful, you can cover it in the stuff and you doesn't need to be cleaned up.
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PostPosted: 02:25 - 15 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, but in turn you use a lot of it (it evaporates too fast) and I didn't find it very good for getting rid of dried on brake dust.

Brake fluid on the pistons doesn't need to cleaned up, it acts as a lubricant to help the pistons to be pushed back in for when you fit the caliper back on to the disk.
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PostPosted: 06:44 - 15 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
...and brake fluid will absorb into and slowly rot your clothes, your skin and your paintwork.


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PostPosted: 07:20 - 15 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
finpos wrote:
...and brake fluid will absorb into and slowly rot your clothes, your skin and your paintwork.


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I disagree. It doesn't slowly rot your paint, it fucks it double quick time. Laughing
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PostPosted: 14:20 - 15 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
It doesn't fuck your paint that fast. I've not actually had any problems with it on paintwork. You don't need to be scared about it getting on your paintwork for this job anyway as all you do it dip a cotton bud in to some fluid, it doesn't absorb that much that it's dripping.
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PostPosted: 14:26 - 15 May 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Takes between 30s and a minute from my experience - gotta wipe that stuff off quicksharp!
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