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25-08-14, 11:45 AM | #1 |
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SV front calipers in the dishwasher?
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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 |
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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.
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25-08-14, 01:43 PM | #3 |
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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? |
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25-08-14, 02:05 PM | #5 |
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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.
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26-08-14, 03:54 PM | #6 |
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Why not just use brake cleaner?
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26-08-14, 04:09 PM | #7 |
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'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.
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