SV front calipers in the dishwasher? - SV650.org

25-08-14, 11:45 AM

OMO

Got myself a spare set of front calipers for overhaul so that I can rotate with the set on the bike during the winter salt season.
Was going to strip down and give them a blast in the dishwasher once domestic management has gone to bed

Do the experienced overhaulers on here advise against using a dishwasher tablet during the wash cycle due to salt content or is it OK ?
I'll obviously be going down the dremmel route for the detail work in the seal grooves etc.

I had a search but couldn't find definitive advice either way.

Cheers.

Bibio · 25-08-14, 12:14 PM

i have never tried it but i suppose one of those bleach free machine cleaning tablets would do the trick just nicely. you could even say to the other half 'the dishwasher was a bit smelly so i put one of those cleaning tabs threw', voila clean callipers and brownie points all in one go.

Jayneflakes · 25-08-14, 01:43 PM

The tabs contain salt so I never did because of how it reacts with Aluminium. I also made sure that the salt tray was empty. However I knackered my dishwasher in the end. Nothing since can get bike parts that clean.

I wonder if my neighbour will let me put my bikes swing arm in her dishwasher?

25-08-14, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bibio

i have never tried it but i suppose one of those bleach free machine cleaning tablets would do the trick just nicely. you could even say to the other half 'the dishwasher was a bit smelly so i put one of those cleaning tabs threw', voila clean callipers and brownie points all in one go.

Inspired thinking there Bibio
I quite like the idea of lemon fresh calipers !

Sid Squid · 25-08-14, 02:05 PM

Don't worry about salt - your calipers are hardly going to dissolve away to nothing in the duration of a dishwasher cycle are they? It will be fine, possibly ineffectual, but just fine.
Personally I find Tesco's own brand cream cleaner to be about as effective a cleaner as anything - and significantly cheaper. Be careful when scraping out the seal grooves, don't gouge the aluminium or the caliper will be scrap.

26-08-14, 03:54 PM

Why not just use brake cleaner?

Sid Squid · 26-08-14, 04:09 PM

'Cos it's a great degreaser, (an expensive one mind) but not much good at cleaning brake dust, old dried fluid or hardened grime.
Brake cleaner is a specific cleaner for friction surfaces, but not terribly effective and wasted elsewhere.

25-08-14, 11:45 AM	#1
SV_archie99 Guest Posts: n/a	SV front calipers in the dishwasher? OMO Got myself a spare set of front calipers for overhaul so that I can rotate with the set on the bike during the winter salt season. Was going to strip down and give them a blast in the dishwasher once domestic management has gone to bed Do the experienced overhaulers on here advise against using a dishwasher tablet during the wash cycle due to salt content or is it OK ? I'll obviously be going down the dremmel route for the detail work in the seal grooves etc. I had a search but couldn't find definitive advice either way. Cheers.

25-08-14, 12:14 PM	#2
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,540	Re: SV Front Calipers in the Dishwasher i have never tried it but i suppose one of those bleach free machine cleaning tablets would do the trick just nicely. you could even say to the other half 'the dishwasher was a bit smelly so i put one of those cleaning tabs threw', voila clean callipers and brownie points all in one go.

25-08-14, 02:05 PM	#5
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	SV Front Calipers in the Dishwasher Don't worry about salt - your calipers are hardly going to dissolve away to nothing in the duration of a dishwasher cycle are they? It will be fine, possibly ineffectual, but just fine. Personally I find Tesco's own brand cream cleaner to be about as effective a cleaner as anything - and significantly cheaper. Be careful when scraping out the seal grooves, don't gouge the aluminium or the caliper will be scrap. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

26-08-14, 03:54 PM	#6
Phoenix22 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: SV front calipers in the dishwasher? Why not just use brake cleaner?

26-08-14, 04:09 PM	#7
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	SV front calipers in the dishwasher? 'Cos it's a great degreaser, (an expensive one mind) but not much good at cleaning brake dust, old dried fluid or hardened grime. Brake cleaner is a specific cleaner for friction surfaces, but not terribly effective and wasted elsewhere. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

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