Storing spares

My spare set of brake calipers seem to attract moisture and start
furring incredibly quickly, even if an ant pisses in next-door's garden.

Is there anything I could coat them in to stop this happening, without
risking damage to the seals?

What about wrapping them up, or storing them in something? Wrapped in an
oil-soaked cloth? Airtight box with silica gel? Any other suggestions?

 

Greased brown paper - the stuff chains come wrapped in.

 

Is there anything I could coat them in to stop this happening, without
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That ACF50 is great stuff, failing that just take out the seals and
spray the whole thing with WD40.

Hope this helps.

 

Resealable food freezer bag.

 

ACF 50


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Beav

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Move somewhere less ... rainy

I like your oil soaked rag idea. As long as the oil is nowhere near
the seals or any connected hoses, they'll be ok.

You could copaslip around the pistons and the inside surfaces, you can
get spray copaslip that goes on thin, then wipe out before use.

P.

 

Both of those would work. I'd put them in a ziplok bag with the silica
gel. If you want large amounts of silica gel for free, ask at a steel
stockholder - they commonly take deliveries of steel with 1kg bags
thrown in the consignment.
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A number of people have suggested this, but is it safe to use with the
seals? And presumably I need to make sure it doesn't get inside the
calipers.

 

Yes, but keep it away from the polar bears. It stains their coats, see?

 

It's safe for every electrical material I've ever used so I doubt that it'll
cause a rubber seal will fall apart.

As for getting it inside the caliper, I can't see how it could. They're
sealed at both the inlet (and if not, bunging the hole up would soon sort
that) and the seals of which you speak are stopping anything getting up the
other end.


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It's only sealed at the inlet when it's connected to a brake hose, but
I'll stick something in the 'ole to make sure it can't get inside.

Actually, I've got some of that Scottoiler FS365 stuff; that should do
the job, shouldn't it?

 

I know a bloke what delivers steel, I'll have an ask of him when next I
am lusting after his burd.

 

Yeah, it's along the same lines as ACF 50.


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I was under the impression that the FS365 is a water soluble so not so
good for long term storage.

http://www.scottoiler.com/pc/Bicycl...Refill_(UK_MAINLAND_CARRIAGE_FREE_OFFER).html

FS 365 Protector Spray is a blend of mineral oil, surfactant,
anti-corrosion additives and water which forms a stable micro-solution
that can only separated by evaporation.FS 365 is water soluble and
therefore inherently biodegradable, it clings to all surfaces
lubricating and preventing the onset of rust.

 

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The components in question are Tokico 6-pot brake calipers. They seem to
need rebuilding (and hence swapping the spare set for the in-use set)
every 6 months or so, so your values of "long" might need re-evaluating.

 

Yeahbut water soluble doesn't mean that it wont protect against
condensation. Water based paints are waterproof once they're dry (as an
example)


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