So out out boredom I decide to nip in the garage and do my new tyres with a bit of tyre art ,usual for me paint the Michelin in yellow ect however what caught my eye was in each out the little holes in the steel brake disc was lodged some hardened black powder ( might be brake dust ) so I give the disc a good squirt of brake cleaner and a wipe over ,only trouble was that it didn't budge it so lucky for me I had a spiral little brush which went into the holes and a good in and out removed it in a cloud of dust followed by a spray and wipe over of brake cleaner .no big deal you say and I agree but it got me thinking if it rained and this stuff turned into a paste all over the disc " it may " just take the edge off the brake system ! Off to read my Rupert book now bye.
it sets like cement when it dries as well and gets baked in the bobbins with the heat from the discs.... then it feels like the discs are warped. one of the tips the racing guys do is machine a bit off the bobbins so theyre loose as fk... they obviously work better when theyre fully floating, but you wont see that on street bikes cos they rattle a bit at low speed!
Put your foot down Giv and send her to bed.Then switch it over and watch what you wanna watch.Mine is watching Big brother ffs.
just done the bobbins on the Mrs' gixer, used a spline drive and lubed with silkopen. Being careful not to get any on the discs and then take for a careful run and test to burn off any over-spray. they spin up like a dream now.
