Dr Greenthumb Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Hey allBasically i have the standard 05 t-mag set up, front magura louise and it WAS working immence until yesterday i pulled it and it has gone awful.It's set up fine but it looks like the rotor just glides through the caliper, should i dismantle the whole thing?CheersDan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleee Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Hey allBasically i have the standard 05 t-mag set up, front magura louise and it WAS working immence until yesterday i pulled it and it has gone awful.It's set up fine but it looks like the rotor just glides through the caliper, should i dismantle the whole thing? CheersDanStupid Magura Louise Stupid you?? Dismantelling the brake isn't going to fix it, perhaps find out the problem first of all.Have you tried tinkering with it lately or knocked it against anything? These things usually don't just break for no reason.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Greenthumb Posted January 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 no no dismantle as in remove the rotor, came out wrong.Erm don't think i have knocked it, there could be something on the rotor as it tends to just slide in stead of grip.Does putting it in the dishwasher work well?Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Dishwasher thing works so well! i run cable disks on my mtb and my moms used to me putting them in dishwasher hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleee Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Im afraid I don't run a disk myself but if your going to clean your rotor you'll most likely need to clean the pads too. I hear either blasting them with a blow torch or putting them in an oven is a good way of removing contaminants however, make sure you don't melt the plastic backing or whatever the pads are stuck to.I'd say take the rotor out and clean it with something which will displace oil, fairy liquid or maybe some cif with its grit-like particles, and scrub untill the disk is nice and clean, then rinse off with clean water. Ive also heard that the oils off one's fingers can affect breaking performance, so best not to hold the disk's braking surface.Best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Greenthumb Posted January 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 ah thank you bothwill try the dish washer thing myself, then maybe sand paper the pads?cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 (edited) ah thank you bothwill try the dish washer thing myself, then maybe sand paper the pads?cheerssand paper will do very little for your pads in terms of increasing performance.gimme a minute while i find somethingwell this will sort it out should it be something on the rotor, but you will also want to check around the pistons and the lever and all the hosing to make sure you havn't developed a leak anywhere.EDIT:here's a little something i made earlier: (i did this to my louise and it is the best disc brake i've ever used now)Mine was like this up until two days ago when i sorted iot out. Here's basically what i did to it and it has made it absolutely awesome.Take your wheel out and then take the brake pads out of the disc brake.Take the pads into the kitchen and turn on one of the gas rings on the hob. Hold the pads with pliers or something else that will result in your hand not getting burnt, and hold them in the flames after a while they will start to smoke and you will most likely see little sparkles of bright light burn from them. I burnt mine for approxiamtely 2 minutes. Do this for both the pads.Get hold of a saucepan and fill it with water. Then put that on the gas ring and let the water get hot. Drop the pads in and leave them in there to boil, mine were in there for around 20 minutes to make sure it worked.At the same time as the pads are boiling you can bring your wheel in (you can use wire wool as well just to take the majority of the crap off the rotor but this is optional) and put some washing up liquid on a clean or preferrably a brand new cloth or sponge. Just put a little washing up liquid on it and rub it in to make sure you won't have too much washing up liquid on there, just a slight bubbly mix ias all you need.Proceed to clean off the disc rotor with the washing up liquid and then get a clean dry cloth to dry off the excess moisture when its been thoroughly cleaned. At this point your pads should be about done.Take the saucepan off the gas ring and pour the hot water into the sink. then pour some cold water into the saucepan just to cool tha pads off a bit so you will be able to hold them.Wipe the surface of the brake pads on a clean dry cloth, i used a teatowel but do so at your own risk of raging mother syndrome. You should find theres a load of black muck thats smeared onto the cloth at first, but after a good rubbing this black brake crap will be pretty much gone and you pads will now be ready for putting back on the bike.Re-attach the neccessary parts and bed the brake in as normal. Just hold the brake slightly as you ride around (not so it locks up) and when it starts to get noticeable more grippy pour some cold water on it, you should get a load of hissing and steam from it if you got it hot enough. Then ride around with the brake slightly omn again to clear the water off and wait for it to cool down again.That should be it then, you'll have a nice working front disc brake!have fun Edited January 13, 2006 by Krisboats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave33 Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 DO NOT PUT IN THE DISHWASHER! dont go near the seals with fairy liquid either, sounds like its leaking, return it to magura they will most probly give you a new one, you can put the rotor in the dish washer to remove the oils, you will need new pads, unless you want to bake them in the over for a while30mins normal does it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 DO NOT PUT IN THE DISHWASHERthey mean just the rotoror at least i hope they do.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleee Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 they mean just the rotoror at least i hope they do....I wouldn't put anything in the dishwasher, it's just hassle when you can do it by hand in a few minutes.Having said that, dave's post was utter crap, you havn't got to send it away just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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