Rusty back brake

Uncovering Quack today (after being laid up for 4 weeks) I've found
that his back brake is *really* rusty.

Is there anything I can get it off with or will it just come off as
soon as I start riding him/braking?

Thanks xxxxx

 

Uncovering Quack today (after being laid up for 4 weeks) I've found

Others may offer different advise, but I would clean it off with wet & dry
and then go for a light bimble trying out the brakes at lower speeds to see
if they feel OK.
It may be that after 4 weeks the callipers are a little sticky too, so watch
out.


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Robbo wrote

Bollocks.


If it is only 4 weeks standing surface tarnishing then everything will
come clean the first time the brakes are used are used.

 

Ah, never thought about the calipers! Thanks Robbo xxx

 

Oil. In quite large quantities. Used engine oil is good, as the
added sulphur compounds really attack the corrosion, converting rust
back into shiny steel. Don't worry about splashing it about a bit, as
any excess will burn off as soon as you brake. The best way to clean
it off, therefore, is to soak the rear brake in loads of old engine
oil, then ride off smartly.

Don't worry about riding any differently yo normal, apart from you
might want to get a good old head of steam up, to allow the de-rusting
effects to develop fully under extended braking. Then just brake
normally - although you may want to leave it a little later than
usual, then squeeze really hard, to enhance the de-rusting effects.

Why not do the front at the same time? Half the effort, then.


Alternatively, don't worry about it. It's only cosmetic.

 

Crikey. If you had a Guzzi you'd have to have shares in wet and dry.

Just ride it, apply the brakes to clean the discs. Preferably before you
need them IYSWIM.

 

You mean the disk, yes?

Ride it. It'll come off.

 

<dog with a bone mode>

You'd have thought this sort of thing would be second nature to an
"advanced motorcyclist", wouldn't you?

</dwabm>

 

Get down, Shep.

#;-)>>

 

Salad Dodger wrote

<reeves & mortimer>

You just won't let it lie will you?

</ram>

 

The message <>

That was a petty, snide remark, and unworthy of _you_ Nick.

 

And yet, strangely true...

 

Not to mention pant-wettingly funny. But as Anne has a similar sense
of humour to a wizened pickled walnut, you couldn't expect her to
appreciate that.

 

I've never found anything that was _meant_ to be hurtful, to be
particularly funny.

I _was_ wondering why Donna had stopped posting here....now I know!

 

Maybe she was expecting some hugs or something.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Anne Jackson

"If you can't take a joke..."

 

Well go on then, explain it, for thos of us who can't fathom your logic.

 

Anne Jackson said...

And here was me thinking she'd gone and got a life. Oh well, you live
and learn.

 

I wish I'd said that.

 

I don't think that SD has a hurtful bone in his body, Anne. If you
knew him, then you would share the same opinion.

In any case, there is a fine tradition, especially round here, of
laughing at the misfortune of others. If you do it enough, the victim
laughs too - that is the definition of robust humour, afaic.

I wasn't aware that she had - although now you mention it, there has
been a lack of xxxx and {{{hugs}}} round here lately. Perhaps there
should be more.