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Got grease on discs - problems?
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:51 am
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?
Cheers fellas.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:42 pm
by GRINCH
get some metho or thiners and clean it off, shoudnt be a problem
Re: Got grease on discs - problems?
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:41 pm
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.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:39 pm
by jimbo jones
GRINCH wrote:get some metho or thiners and clean it off, shoudnt be a problem
just do what GRINCH said
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:40 pm
by bazooked
ya need MORE grease it will stop ur discs rusting when ya do water crossings.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:47 pm
by Hoonz
heat will burn off the grease eventually doesn't take long
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:48 pm
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.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:02 pm
by HotFourOk
Brake cleaner in the spray can even eats away at some paint
Works well though
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:12 pm
by Shadow
HotFourOk wrote:Brake cleaner in the spray can even eats away at some paint
Works well though
brake clean, AKA Dry cleaning fluid will rape the grease off.