Methods for cleaning/degreasing brake assembly area?
I was interested in knowing how you guys clean, degrease, scrape off all the crap that accumulates on the calipers, wheel wheel area as depicted below:
FRONT http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...6/PICT9055.jpg REAR http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s...6/PICT9049.jpg What kinda of brushes do you use to clean the crap off the caliper to prepare it for paint. THanks Jason NYC |
Interesting that you ask since I just did this very thing last weekend in preparation for a complete brake overhaul.
The wheelwells were pretty easy...a very stiff bristled brush and soap removed 90% of the accumulated crud. After a liberal dousing with a hose the remaining spots were hit with Purple Power and rescrubbed. I wouldn't recommend any serious scraping (especially with anything sharp/metal) for fear of exposing bare metal. Brake calipers were cleaned with a stiff stainless steel brush and then brake cleaner followed by soapy, hot water. My FC now has pretty clean armpits. |
nice , thanks for the quick reply you got pics. Right now im doing my suspension and in a few weeks ima do my brakes and whatn ot when i get the $$ for the rotors and my SPeedbleeders. So purple power and soap and water.
I seen a post about a kid that bead blasted his calipers, shits came out sweet. I would like to do this before i paint them myself, make em look nice and clean. I guess since my parts for the shocks/struts assembly are on there way i will clean up the wheel wells and what not. Thanks Jason NYC |
Sorry, no pics...the process didn't seem sexy enough to document.
I was mainly prepping for work I'll be doing next week- checking to make sure no bolts were frozen, bits were missing, etc. Bead blasting would be a great way to prep the calipers, just make sure you're masking is good...don't want any residue in the piston bores or hose fittings. |
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