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ashleys sugden

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Hi guys, this morning i ripped my hose off my front echo disc brake trying footjam whip thingys. oil went all over the disc and the pads. ive fixed all the fittings and re-bled the brake, but its still sh*t, i wire brushed the pads to remove the oil and i washed the disc in hot water. ive tryed bedding it in again by spraying water on it after using the brake for a while. it stays good for about 5 minutes but then goes bad again.

any help? thanks

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I've tried everything to sort contaminated pads in the past, including burning the oil out of them with a blow torch. Nothing seemed to work, it was always just easier to replace them.

Yea I agree better off with new pads. But blow torch never really gets them hot enough, I was putting them in the oven at 200 degrees c

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Orly, I assumed a blow torch would be way hotter than 200C? I've had resin running out of the pads before with a blow torch so didn't want to get it any hotter.

Yes I agree, it does depend how long you hold it on them.

Once they star going dark/red I think that's about 550c

Cherry red is about 800//900 for steel

ill give that a go actually, someone told me to do this to my moto trials a few years back, cheers man

I put some on my rim years ago, around the time of monty brake spray. Worked abit to good lol

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