Brake caliper rebuild: Difference between revisions
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If you're going to go to all this trouble, it's worth replacing the rubber seals. They're wear parts that are designed to be replaced every 20k miles or so anyway. Granted, it's about $30 for all the seals, but that seems like a worthwhile expense vs. having the front brake fail at some inopportune point in the future. | |||
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Throughout this process, use copious amounts of brake cleaner on every dirty part, then wipe and dry thoroughly. Not on the pads, though. The best practice is to keep every fluid possible off the pads. Air and water are okay, but anything else can lead to pads that get slick, get hard (providing less friction) or even get crumbly and wear away in just a couple of uses. It all depends on how the glue that's binding the particles (metal or organic) together reacts to whatever chemical hits it. | Throughout this process, use copious amounts of brake cleaner on every dirty part, then wipe and dry thoroughly. Not on the pads, though. The best practice is to keep every fluid possible off the pads. Air and water are okay, but anything else can lead to pads that get slick, get hard (providing less friction) or even get crumbly and wear away in just a couple of uses. It all depends on how the glue that's binding the particles (metal or organic) together reacts to whatever chemical hits it. | ||