21-05-2007, 10:22 PM
1. Remove pads.
2. Obtain metal tin. Preferably tall, not fat to save yourself some metho.
3. Put pads braking area up in tin and pour methylated into the tin with enough to cover the entire pad.
4. Use BBQ lighter to set fire to metho.
5. Allow to burn out, can take quite a while for all oil to be burn out.
6. Pick up pads when cooled (or if you are an idiot like me, just pick them up straight away) or turn the tin upside down and put pads on the cold concrete till they cool.
7. Lightly sand the pads and then get at them with a little bit of metho on a rag.
8. Put pads back into brake.
9. Ride bike.
10. Apply brakes and STOP.
Sorry, I had to stretch it to 10 steps.
Nice post Matt. What happens if you don't have a bbq lighter?
hmm dont try putting the pads into cold water after just lighting them.. cause it can crack the pads... so let them cool from the air.. dont try and speed up the cooling
also boiling rotors works to get off oil i have found... dunno about pads though.. wanna try??
Are we talking rim or disc brake pads here?
No need to go to those kind of extremities for rim brakes... a simple sanding will usually suffice. Oh, and cleaning the rims with something like citrus oil helps as well
That is, unless you have dusty compound like I do, then your rims dust up in no time negating the point of cleaning them in the first place!
2. Obtain metal tin. Preferably tall, not fat to save yourself some metho.
3. Put pads braking area up in tin and pour methylated into the tin with enough to cover the entire pad.
4. Use BBQ lighter to set fire to metho.
5. Allow to burn out, can take quite a while for all oil to be burn out.
6. Pick up pads when cooled (or if you are an idiot like me, just pick them up straight away) or turn the tin upside down and put pads on the cold concrete till they cool.
7. Lightly sand the pads and then get at them with a little bit of metho on a rag.
8. Put pads back into brake.
9. Ride bike.
10. Apply brakes and STOP.
Sorry, I had to stretch it to 10 steps.
Nice post Matt. What happens if you don't have a bbq lighter?
Plow King Wrote:
Nice post Matt. What happens if you don't have a bbq lighter?
I suppose you could light your hand on fire and dip it in.
If you want a practical idea, I guess you could light a match or a stick and drop it in to the tin.
hmm dont try putting the pads into cold water after just lighting them.. cause it can crack the pads... so let them cool from the air.. dont try and speed up the cooling
also boiling rotors works to get off oil i have found... dunno about pads though.. wanna try??
Are we talking rim or disc brake pads here?
No need to go to those kind of extremities for rim brakes... a simple sanding will usually suffice. Oh, and cleaning the rims with something like citrus oil helps as well
That is, unless you have dusty compound like I do, then your rims dust up in no time negating the point of cleaning them in the first place!
Albinus Wrote:
Are we talking rim or disc brake pads here?
No need to go to those kind of extremities for rim brakes... a simple sanding will usually suffice. Oh, and cleaning the rims with something like citrus oil helps as well
That is, unless you have dusty compound like I do, then your rims dust up in no time negating the point of cleaning them in the first place!
No need to go to those kind of extremities for rim brakes... a simple sanding will usually suffice. Oh, and cleaning the rims with something like citrus oil helps as well
That is, unless you have dusty compound like I do, then your rims dust up in no time negating the point of cleaning them in the first place!
Sorry, disc pads. Thanks.