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Got grease on discs - problems?

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Got grease on discs - problems?

Post by Andres »

Rebuilding the front hubs, and while pulling it all apart i spilt some wheel bearing grease on the discs. From experience with my moutain bike, the slightest amount of lubircant on the disc makes them turn to shit - but on a bike you don't have 2T behind you either - so i don't want to screw the brakes.

SO can i jsut wipe it off with a cloth, and then spray with degreaser or something?

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Post by GRINCH »

get some metho or thiners and clean it off, shoudnt be a problem
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Re: Got grease on discs - problems?

Post by ISUZUROVER »

Andres wrote:
SO can i jsut wipe it off with a cloth, and then spray with degreaser or something?
Yes. If it is hard to get off, try using Brakekleen.
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GRINCH wrote:get some metho or thiners and clean it off, shoudnt be a problem
just do what GRINCH said
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Post by bazooked »

ya need MORE grease it will stop ur discs rusting when ya do water crossings. :D
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Post by Hoonz »

heat will burn off the grease eventually doesn't take long
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Post by -Scott- »

Metho's not particularly effective against petroleum based products. Even petrol can leave behind a slightly oily reside.

I'd be looking at White Spirits, mineral turpentine, paint thinner, or a spray-on/hose off degreaser.

If you can't find anything else, use petrol to get the worst of the grease off, then wipe hard with a CLEAN rag.
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Post by HotFourOk »

Brake cleaner in the spray can even eats away at some paint :D Works well though :armsup:
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Post by Shadow »

HotFourOk wrote:Brake cleaner in the spray can even eats away at some paint :D Works well though :armsup:
brake clean, AKA Dry cleaning fluid will rape the grease off.
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