"Muddy" <
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> "Westridge" <
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> > OK, so I cleaned the drive train and I've gone and gotten oil on the
rear
> > rotor resulting in some interesting lack of brake performance this afternoon. Do I have to go
> > out and find that reccommended alcohol stuff
or
> > can I just use methylated spirits or turpentine or something because
I've
> > got plenty of that lying around? I mean, I don't want to melt the resin disc pads or anything
> > else. But I can't get to an alcohol type shop for
a
> > few days....(no alcohol is a hell of a thing in many, many ways....)
> >
> > Cheers Westie
>
> I think some alcohol should do the trick, but I'd listen to the others, not me.
>
> You say you used these pads with oil on them...big mistake, your gonna have to bin them now,
> sorry. But even the slightest grease damages the pads throughout. You know you should never even
> touch the rotor with you bare hands, purely because of the grease on your (clean/dirty) hand will
> affect the pads.
>
> I must admit, I think when I sprayed my bike with GT85 some spray may have wondered over to the
> rear rotor, I cleaned the rotor as best I can, but I fear I most probably did help it then. I
> don't see as its posible to avoid making contact with it.
>
> Muddy
Well, it wasn't much oil. It wasn't like I got a whole can of the stuff over the rotors. Just a bit
of stuff flicked off as I was brushing the rear cassette clean with a nice old stiff brush and some
diesel. I have been avoiding touching them.
Anyway, thankfully it wasn't much because I have gone ahead and done the meths and mud thing and all
is good. Did take a little bit for the mud to work and it certainly felt strange plastering mud on
there on purpose... but, hey, it worked. And noe, hopefully, they won't fly apart on me or anything
despite such bad treatment.
BTW,FWIW they are Shimano mechanical brake calipers and rotors.
Westie