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1. [Shop-talk] storing brake components? (score: 1): Author: Obaa <obaa996@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:10:35 -0800 (PST); I've been picking through the remains of a friend's parts car before it goes off to the crusher. I'm about to pull the brake system (master cylinder, calipers, and rotors) for spares, as they are fai; /html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00119.html (7,850 bytes)
2. Re: [Shop-talk] storing brake components? (score: 1): Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:16:53 -0800 (PST); I always use alcohol as a final rinse when cleaning. You can buy "brake lubricant", a clear liquid that is compatible with brake fluid; I'd make a final wipe of the bores with that and then bag it in; /html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00120.html (7,250 bytes)
3. Re: [Shop-talk] storing brake components? (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:05:16 -0800; You're quite right, conventional brake fluid will destroy the components in relatively short order. Somewhere, I've got a pair of brand new rear brake cylinders that a previous owner filled with conv; /html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00121.html (7,460 bytes)
4. Re: [Shop-talk] storing brake components? (score: 1): Author: "Bill Engle Sr" <whesr@iglou.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:16:47 -0500; Disassemble clean with brake cleaner and coat with brake lube (not the stuff for brake pads and shoes you need the assembly lube). Bill I've been picking through the remains of a friend's parts car b; /html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00122.html (8,111 bytes)
5. Re: [Shop-talk] storing brake components? (score: 1): Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:39:44 -0800 (PST); If brake fluid is so awful, why do they use it in brakes? Doug You're quite right, conventional brake fluid will destroy the components in relatively short order. Somewhere, I've got a pair of brand; /html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00125.html (8,157 bytes)
6. Re: [Shop-talk] storing brake components? (score: 1): Author: Pat Horne <pat@hornesystemstx.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:43:12 -0600; Because you are supposed to replace it every couple/few years, which most people don't. If brake fluid is replaced before it absorbs as much water as it can hold, you will have a lot less components; /html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00126.html (9,870 bytes)
7. Re: [Shop-talk] storing brake components? (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:07:05 -0500; Because storage and use are different things? The brake system is supposed to be a closed system, there's no ingress of air. (old English cars excluded....). No air, no oxidation. Brake fluid is very; /html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00127.html (7,470 bytes)
8. Re: [Shop-talk] storing brake components? (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:58:52 -0800; I'm not sure that follows. The most common form of corrosion in LBC brakes appears to me to be dissimilar metal corrosion between aluminum bodies and steel pistons. This only requires water in the f; /html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00128.html (7,874 bytes)
9. Re: [Shop-talk] storing brake components? (score: 1): Author: Obaa <obaa996@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:34:07 -0800 (PST); Thanks for the suggestions. I wasn't aware of "brake lubricant"; I'd only heard of using brake fluid to assemble things. These brake components are fairly new, and are sufficiently complicated (the r; /html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00134.html (7,947 bytes)

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