12oclocker

Has anyone ever had to replace their pads after getting brake fluid on them? or did brake cleaner do the trick?, I'm having a b'tch of a time with some rotors and pads I accidently got brake fluid on, suckers wont grab anymore!

JB

i have gotten away with fork oil on my pads before. clean your rotors with brake cleaner and take your pads out and scrub them on some rough concrete. i think as long as the fluid hasnt soaked into the pads you should get away with it.

scandelous81

They will never be the same, go buy new pads, it sucks i know!

mofat01

If the brake fluid has sat on them for awhile there prolly junk.

When I get brake fluid on my pads I spray em with water and then go ride around for a few minutes dragging the brakes and it usually cleans it off before it gets soaked into the pads.

12oclocker

damn I'm screwed, I bleed the brakes last night, it wasn't till this morning when I decided to take a test drive I noticed some fluid got on the rotor and pads. cleaning it this morning didnt really seem to help at all, stuff probably soaked in the pads

csiamanis

It depends on how long they soaked for. The best thing you can do is throw them in a bucket of brake clean. I just did this the other day after bleeding my ****, but I had a canister of brake clean handy. You may need to get new pads.

melloyello

junk em

Ryan S

put em on and run down the road in 6th gear wide open and drag your brakes.....make em smoke.......but cool them down, park your bike and let them cool compeletly and your good to go.....done it a million times

melloyello

never tried that but I don't see how it could work. Don't think I won't try it though next time.

THORPE

Soak them with WD40 then ride & drag them till hot then let rotors cool before you spray them off off with water.

WD40 is some cool ****.

It's also a good degreaser

12oclocker

gonna soak'n in some brake cleaner tonight for a few hours, then I'll dry em, and try them in the morning, if they still dont grab I'll try dragg'n them, if nothing works I guess I'm gonna have to get some pads, hell of a lot good suggestions, somethings gotta work

sketchy

ive sprayed mine down with brake cleaner then just dragged the **** outa them and they were fine. i did this pretty quick tho within an hour of gettin the brake fluid on em

big ben

that will work well

trz

take em back to the store if they r brand new and just bitch b like they dont grab haha depends on wat shop u go 2 if u get a lame then hell take em back if u get a REAL dude haha u fucked! :>

12oclocker

sweet, I did the soak, drag thing, they are grabbing ok now, not 100% but more like 90 something, but at least I'm not gonna loop out now :YEAH

Towlieee

+1

SOAK them in brake kleen

then let them dry, and go RIDE the brakes around your neighborhood, see if that fixes em