Barbecued Brakes

[Phred]

When it came time to do the brakes on my 850L I took them all apart and stripped the faded paint off of them. They had been sitting in an open shed for 20 years and did not look all that great. I had bought some caliper paint at Canadian Tire, but when I read the instructions they said that after painting they had to be baked in an oven at 200 degrees for an hour. A friend of mine had done this and said that the house stunk for days afterwards. Not a good idea! and I certainly did not want to sleep in the doghouse for the next month. So I masked off all the parts that I did not want painted with painters tape and carefully cut off the excess with a razor knife. I then hung them up on the clothesline and sprayed them. After cleaning the barbecue, I hung them on the top rack with aluminum wires, and propped the lid open a crack, as this was the only way that I could maintain an even temperature of 200 degrees. Some of the parts I could not hang, so I set them on a Bakelite tray on the top rack. An hour later I turned off the BBQ. and voila, I had brakes that looked like they just came out of the factory. Not only that but I had a nice clean barbecue.

[Agemax]

so do the calipers have that nice BBQ smokey smell on them as well now? might make you hungry when fitting them lol

[tkent02]

And the pictures???

[GateKeeper]

I just let mine hang until they were dry, and didn't use them for a couple of weeks anyways

[nastyjones]

Necessity is the Mother of Invention for sure.

[Crankthat]

I don't think the paint I used suggested cooking but because it was a cooler day I heated mine in the oven for a half hour took them out then sprayed, did that with a couple of different small parts with different paints.
They turned out nice.

[old_skool]

Every time I check for new post, this one bugs me....it's the word Barbecued, now I have drag some deer steaks out of the freezer and...yes BBQ them today, now see what you gone and made me do...

[Road Rash]

So, there are no issues with heating the paint over a propane burner source? No ill effects to the grill, itself? I've often thought about it, but was leary.

[old_skool]

I'd only do it in a grill I didn't plan on eating from, there is always left over carbon residue in a grill, and carbon absorbs odors, don't think I'd want my next burger to have that oh so lovely plastikote flavor

[Steel Toed Tank]

I'm not sure about BBQ baking painted parts, but I BBQ'd my airbox to straighten the carb side of it out. It was bent inward when I bought the bike which made getting all four carbs into their boots a grueling two man task that took several tries.
Since then I can pop them on and off myself very easily.

[tkent02]

I bought an old toaster oven from Goodwill to use for this stuff.