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Best thing to clean brake disc with

xemini

Monkey
Nov 4, 2004
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hey, im about to put in some new pads and want to give me disc's a cleaning first, is isopropyl alcohol the best thing to use??
 

Kanye West

220# bag of hacktastic
Aug 31, 2006
3,767
501
Yeah I've started to not use the Brake Cleaner stuff anymore. It seems to leave a film on that is supposed to burn off under the heat an automotive brake can produce. Iso alcohol and steel wool usually do it, with a light sanding of the pads before you put them in.
 

DirtMcGirk

<b>WAY</b> Dumber than N8 (to the power of ten alm
Feb 21, 2008
6,379
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Gun scrubber, every time.

I yank the pads, spray out my calipers to get the dust, then I yank the rotors off, spray them down, take some scotch brite pads to them, bob's your uncle.