SamKidney Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Brother came of his bike the other day, and his brake leaked from the Banjo bolt. Getting it bled tomorrow morning, but would just like to ask, A. Would boiling water help decontaminate the pads? B. How could I decontaminate the disc? White spirit? Cheers Sam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Reynolds Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 yes and yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manus-Rider Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 i found that puttung the pads in the oven was a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshtp Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 No and NO. It amazes me how dull some trials riders are towards disk brakes... I've been MTB ing for years... and disks just arnt that simple... the pad material is absorbent and metallic... a bad combo for oil. If you contaminate the pads badly then in most cases it's time for new pads... if it's not too bad then get some Isopropyl Alcohol and scrub them with it. Then bed them in again and they MAY be OK. More drastic methods of cleaning involve putting them in a dish of IPA and setting fire to them. Let it all burn away. Or put them in a oven at 200 deg C for 10 mins after a good scrub with IPA. Both of these methods are risky as they could melt the glue - UN-legit... And dont forget to clean your rotor. IPA and some wire wool or very fine sand paper is a good combo. Boiling water can do no harm, but wont do much good either... White spirit is full of all sorts of nasty oils and substances that will only increase the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted August 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 No and NO. It amazes me how dull some trials riders are towards disk brakes... Considering I run double Magura and have never had this problem, dont assume I'm dull towards disc brakes. If I was dull, I would have gone ahead and done what I'd mentioned, but knowing there are people with a higher knowledge, I thought Id ask here first and see what response I get, and then set about things. The discs are my brothers. Might have noticed that had you bothered to read the first post properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andeee Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 Give the pads a light file? just to rouggen them and get all the crap of.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted August 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 Ha, cleaned the Disc in boiling water. Clean Put the pads in the oven, and then scrubbed them down. Bled brake. Fitted pads and disc. Done. Sounds pretty simple to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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