Never Dull on rotors!

[MikeG]

My son was helping me clean up the bike during the few hours of sunlight we had yesterday. I went inside for a minute and came out to him proudly shoing how shiny he got the rotors with a wad of Never Dull.

They look good but should I clean them off with brake cleaner? ND is petroleum based, will it leave a dangerous residue?

I'm entering the bike in a show next week, hopefully the new gasket will get her before then so I can install my new stator and r/r!

[simon kuether]

Ooh yeh.Clean the shiny stuff off or your brakes won't be effective and will probably squeal like a squealing thing.Sounds like you should get said son a project of his own.Cheers,Simon.:-D

[bwringer]

Yes, clean them off with brake cleaner, and be very very careful the first several times you use the brakes. Don't venture out into traffic until you're sure they feel right.

If you're really paranoid and the wheel has been rotated since the incident, you could pop the brake pads out and clean them off.

It's not a big deal, though -- I've spilled fork oil or whatever on brake disks many times, and brake cleaner on a rag takes care of it. New brake rotors for cars come coated with a preservative, and it's quite easy to clean up.

Don't just squirt it with brake cleaner, or it'll drip all over the place.

[MikeG]

80% chance of rain here in Chicago the next couple days so not much riding leaves me time to clean the rotors off.

Stupid rain, it's destroying my buddy's fields up in WI and it's making me drive the Buick ::shudder::

[bwringer]

Is your son in line to receive a nice inheritance, perchance? :shock: