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How to clean out brake parts ?

Started by _Eddie_ , Mar 22 2006 06:00 PM

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#1 _Eddie_

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Posted 22 March 2006 - 06:00 PM

Hey guys, what product do you use clean out the brake lines and the master cylinder with? I'm guessing chlorine might be a bad idea? Mine have been lying around for 6 months, now I gotta put em back on the car.

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#2 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 22 March 2006 - 07:03 PM

Brakleen. Available from Repco and Bursons. About $10 a can depending on where you buy it.

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#3 _Eddie_

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Posted 22 March 2006 - 07:34 PM

Ok, thanks chop chop. While we are here, is there anyway to repace the nuts that screw into the cylinder/hoses on the brake lines? Or do you have to replace the whole damn line?

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#4 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 22 March 2006 - 07:57 PM

If there is a bit of a bend in the line, you can sometimes straighten it to make it reach further. If you can, you can replace the fitting by removing the end of the line and re-flaring it. Hope that makes sense.

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#5 _Herne_

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Posted 22 March 2006 - 08:15 PM

Whilst we are on the topic of brakes what can I use in the form of some spray to help relieve a squeaky disk brake? If not a spray then what is the procedure?
Umm the pads are hard not worn down and could be made of a now illegal substance

Get my drift.... The brakes work fine just one squeals like a stuck pig.....The brakes came this way when I purchased the car.

Cheers
Herne

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#6 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 22 March 2006 - 08:18 PM

Some calipers have an anti squeal shim. What car are we talking about? There is a product called disc brake anti squeal. dattoman would know more about both.