Reply With QuoteStops them from rusting while packaged. Brake cleaner or even paint thinners will strip the oil from them.
YarnMaster
SubscriberJust sat down to change the pads and rotors of my D2. Unpacked the new rotors and found their packaged in a plastic bag swimming in oil.
Whats best to clean the oil off of the rotor faces and out of the ventilation slots? Is break cleaning fluid the right stuff or should I be using something else, maybe engine degreaser for example.
Might be a dumb question for the mechanic out there, but I wasn't expecting the rotors to be soaking in oil.
Master
Stops them from rusting while packaged. Brake cleaner or even paint thinners will strip the oil from them.
Fossicker
Last rotors I purchased were damp with an oil like coating, which kept them nice and rust free. I grabbed some brake cleaning fluid, comes in an aerosol can, cost a few dollars.
Worked like it said on the can, so was a good outcome
I buy Brake clean in 20ltr drums as the stuff is the best degreaser you can get.
You can use it on small oil spills on the floor and wipe up with a rag or clean up around an oil leak to see where it is coming from and dry it with compressed air and it comes up like new.
Yep use brake clean.
ForumSage
Random fact #437Originally Posted by mcrover
Brake cleaner will also remove chewing gum from carpet.
Master
Random fact #438 Brake cleaner is highly carcinogenic.....and it causes cancer!
Random fact #438 Brake cleaner is highly carcinogenic.....and it causes cancer!
Depends on the brand
Most manufacturers state that it is not these days, well the good quality manufacturers (Wurth, CRC etc).
Master
I get the cat stuff from work. Its less than $5 a can and works extremely well. I does say on the back of the can that intentional misuse "may cause irreversable effects and permanent brain injury....."
However i think as long as you dont drink the stuff and avoid getting it on your hands your pretty right.
I was doing the brakes on my rangie and was washing the caliper down with it and managed to miss with a squirt and get the dog, who had just stopped by to see what i was up too. I've never seen 50kg's of dog disappear so quickly!
ForumSage
Which is why it's not sold as tooth cleaner.Random fact #438 Brake cleaner is highly carcinogenic.....and it causes cancer!
The problem with all of this sort of stuff is that most of the things that mechanics use are carciogenic starting with petrol and diesel, parts washer fluid and paints so what difference would it make but I do know the wurth one says it isnt and Im pretty sure I saw it on the CRC can last time I had one of them as well.
Im stuffed if it is as I just about swim in the stuff when cleaning up under the machines on the hoist.
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