williams Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 Hi I have mechanical onza front disc brake, it has the original pads and rotor. The brake isn't working as good as it where before. And sometimes when you brake it sounds like that hairy thing called chewbacca, and the sound is actually pretty damn similar! I've tried to use disc brake clener and rub the brakes with it and then dry it of, only got worse. I've tried to sand the pads and the disc and then re-bed them in... No luck sofar... Any tips? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave33 Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 Disc brake cleaner is mostly oil based. Your pads are contaminated now, new pads time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williams Posted June 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 Disc brake cleaner is mostly oil based. Your pads are contaminated now, new pads time Ok, so it's no way I can fix it for solong? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 You can try burning the pads off over a gas ring, or bake them in the oven @ 200°c for 20-30 minutes or so, that will get all of the oil that youre likely to get out of them. Degrease the disk with a solvent cleaner, sand the pads to fresh material and scuff up the surface of the disk with sandpaper or a flap wheel in a drill. Put it all back together and bed the pads in again, wont be 100% but should be useable to an extent. Better solution is to put new pads in but they can be recovered as long as you can cope with a slightly less powerful brake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsiain Posted June 16, 2012 Report Share Posted June 16, 2012 i read somewhere if you cut a coke can i nhalf fill it with meths then put pads in and set alight it burns oil off them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 i read somewhere if you cut a coke can i nhalf fill it with meths then put pads in and set alight it burns oil off them and your face... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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