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Swordsman
Posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 - 01:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Any tips? Been needing to do this for awhile, but dreading it. Will I have to take the wheel loose and take the rotor off, or can I just back to rotor off and work around the suspension? I've already got new rotor bolts (just in case) and new un-gunkifying brake pads...

~SM
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Etennuly
Posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 - 02:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

No, I did it several times. I used spray can brake cleaner. Do Not let it get on the rim it melts powder coat. I sprayed in on a paper towel wipe both sides of the caliper and moved the bike to get where it couldn't be reached. Then I put an old towel around and under the caliper and sprayed down between the pads. Wipe down again and go.
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Firebolteric_ma
Posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 - 02:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just get good pads....They will take care of the rotor
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Ccryder
Posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 - 02:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You really don't have to bother if you have some pads that clean better than the OEM. (Like Lyndals). I have used bear-tex pads by hand and Bear-tex pads on a drill motor or, on an angle grinder.

To keep it from happening or, to clean off with the OEM pads, 2-3 times per day do some medium aggressive braking. You will be surprised how quickly it can clean off that old gunk. Being real light and just dragging the brakes can cause the build up, IMHO.

Neil S.
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Swordsman
Posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 - 02:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Cool! Good info! I have a set of the Lyndals on hand, just need to install then, and I should be all set! Thanks!

~SM
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Damnut
Posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 - 03:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I use this before replacing pads.






Works really good for cleaning the rotors.
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Gentleman_jon
Posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 - 06:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

+1 on the both the Flexihone, and the Lyndall golds.

I happened to have my rotor off the bike when I was having the wheels powder coated, so I put the hone in the drill press and clamped a couple of scraps of wood on the drill press table to act as a guide so I could turn the rotor under the hone.

Then I just had a friend rotate the rotor while I pressed the hone on to the rotor as he moved it.

Took about 5 minutes per side to get them all clean and remove any small ridges. Looked like new.

Then I put on the Lyndalls, broke them in according to the directions, and the brakes have worked great ever since.

That was in March 2007, about 5000 miles ago.
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Xb9er
Posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 - 06:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

When i was putting together a set of black wheels, I also bought rotors and a back pulley. When the rotors came, they looked pretty nasty. I took a SOS pad to them and they shined up pretty nicely.
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Lllbmanlll
Posted on Saturday, April 05, 2008 - 09:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

+1 Lyndall gold pads! Just installing them cleaned up the rotor without cleaning it with anything else. Great pads!
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