Ste Wilson Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) Well the bolt that conects the hose to the caliper decided to come lose and the fluid leaked out onto the pads... just wondering if i could get the oil out by heating the pads as dot 4 has a very high boiling point so i didnt know whether it would work or not... All Tips Welcome Thanks ste p.s. i tried using the search engine nothing really came up Edited January 21, 2008 by Ste Wilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladd Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Boiling hot water and scrub them or sand the pads down a tiny bit so shows a new surface ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Y Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) I've got a lot of experience on this. My best frind is my small butane gas burner. Then I burn the disc and the brake surface of the pads. You dont need to through heat the material, just the surface. On the disc you will see small dots when the flame goes over it and that's the oil burning of. You can clean it with brake cleaner afterwards. Try a little easy first, if it doesn't work burn a little more. You maybe could put them in the oven too but since I have a burner it's much faster and easier so I haven't tried that.Sanding the pads could help to but burn of the oil first or else you will push it into the pad as you sanding it. You will get much of it off but it will be some left if you only sand them. Edited January 21, 2008 by Henrik Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex@Flawless Bikes Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 This happend to me, what I did was get a tealight candle holder (the small round metal one), I put the pad in, filled it up with petrol and then set it alight! Once all the petrol burned off i took the pad out burn off any extra petrol off with a lighter and then used sand paper to rub the black off the pad. Lastly once the brake was back together just bed it in with some water and there!!! One super amazing brake. Hope i helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomer Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Just replace them, its something that stops your face being smashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex@Flawless Bikes Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Just replace them, its something that stops your face being smashed.Why spend like £15 on new ones you could just spend 10 mins work to get them back to new! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomer Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Why spend like £15 on new ones you could just spend 10 mins work to get them back to new!Belive it or not, since ive been riding i have had a fair few front brakes, and disk pads, no matter how much you sand, burn etc they are never the same, unless your really lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Wilson Posted January 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Why spend like £15 on new ones you could just spend 10 mins work to get them back to new!My thoughts exactly thanks for all your replies...If anyone has any more please post them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex@Flawless Bikes Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Belive it or not, since ive been riding i have had a fair few front brakes, and disk pads, no matter how much you sand, burn etc they are never the same, unless your really lucky.Well i guess im just really lucky then because ever time i did it it worked a treat and worked amazin, then again one time i did nearly burn my garage down so maybe it is safer to get new pads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) ...No ? They'll squeek like buggery ! Pads are pourous, so you won't be able to get it all out anyway.Just get some new ones Jarrod Edited January 21, 2008 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomer Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 ...No ? They'll squeek like buggery ! Pads are pourous, so you won't be able to get it all out anyway.Just get some new ones JarrodYes some one else who speaks sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Yes some one else who speaks sense.Yeah ! InJarrod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walker Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 its happened to me before with my old brake, i tried most of these tricks, but it never got them as good as they were, so i ended up buying new pads. if you thry the other things then bear in mind that you will probably have to wait a while for the pads to bed back in, so give it time.Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Y Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Then you just have to burn a little more. My brakes work fine.You can try and if your not satisfied you can buy new ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Just remember to clean the disk before trying the new pads. No point in transferring the same contamination to a new set of pads via the disk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t33zr Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) Do that a few times untill it stop smoking.... Edited January 21, 2008 by t33zr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Y Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Do that a few times untill it stop smoking....Even easier, if your mom allows you to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex@Flawless Bikes Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Then you just have to burn a little more. My brakes work fine.You can try and if your not satisfied you can buy new ones.See it does work, my brakes worked better after then they did before! Petrol is the way forward though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Y Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) See it does work, my brakes worked better after then they did before! Petrol is the way forward though.Yes, heat is the solution. I tried to heat the pads on one of my brakes that I didn't have time to fix before on the stove. And then wiped the pads and the disk off with brake cleaner. And they work super.And never sand the disk if you would get that idea. I tried it with an old crappy disc and it was worse then getting oil on it. Disc brakes need large smooth contact surface so air holes in the disk is not very nessesarly for trial bikes. Only for downhill when you brake often and in high speeds and they get hot. Edited January 21, 2008 by Henrik Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Wilson Posted January 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) lmao am loving that with th grill... Will try and get the oil out and clean the disc but if that does not work i will use my spair disc and get some new pads stethanks once again for all your comments you have all been a great help! Edited January 21, 2008 by Ste Wilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Nobody write For-The-Win ! Things could get ugly !!!HAHAHAJarrod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Use a great big blow torch, and burn the shit out of them, don't over heat them, keep moving the flame on and off them to keep flames coming off them, eventually they will run out of oil, so they won't burn any more.Let them cool down, lay some sand paper on a flat surface, sand the surface down, then bed them in with mud, wash it out with a jet hose, then dry the water off.Works everytime. Well actually, it works so well, I have only had to do it twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Roach Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Disk brake cleaner + Fire on pad= sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 I find if you run BB7s then you tend to not get many problems with brakes leaking onto the pads. (sorry, couldn't help it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Wilson Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 I find if you run BB7s then you tend to not get many problems with brakes leaking onto the pads. (sorry, couldn't help it!)haha well i never new that he says sarcastically Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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