crashtech
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posted August 15, 2004 06:38 PM
Brake calipers
I was wondering if anyone had any way of cleaning the freakin calipers to make them look new again? I have been painting them which work nice but dont want to take the bike back apart again. Thanks for any ideas
  
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TurboBlew
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posted August 15, 2004 06:49 PM
I use WD40 on the inside and Simple Green on the outside. Some metal polish on the aluminum pad covers.
Take the pads off first though....lol
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crashtech
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posted August 16, 2004 03:37 AM
Thanks but any ideas on doing it with out taking them apart?
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TurboBlew
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posted August 16, 2004 03:49 AM
Nope. You cant access them well on the bike. Two 12mm hex heads and one small allen bolt and some needle nose will get you pretty good exposure.
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted August 16, 2004 10:46 AM
simple green works well...I used that at the rally...its the only time I clean my bike...cause I dont want to hear Lucky12 give me shit about it.....lmfao
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posted August 16, 2004 03:27 PM
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simple green works well...I used that at the rally...its the only time I clean my bike...cause I dont want to hear Lucky12 give me shit about it.....lmfao
haha, I hear ya. I've spent quite a few hours cleaning up the forks on two 12Rs. A tooth brush, towels, spray bottle of Simple Green, and a spray bottle of water. Also "Harry'd"* any bolt I could pull out. 
Brett, is there an easy way to paint/clear coat the calipers... or should I just ante up and send'em to ya ?
* - Polished the heads.
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crashtech
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posted August 16, 2004 05:56 PM
I talked to another 12 guy local today and he gave me a neat and cheap idea. He said he uses a tire and wheel cleaner from wal-mart. It is turtle wax 2001 wheel cleaner. 3 bucks! I tried it today and it worked out KILLER! The only thing I did'nt like was spraying them with water. used the air compressor to blow them dry though. They look great now. Surely a little water wont hurt. Hey Matt it is not that expensive to paint them. I will do them for about 100 bucks. You dont have to disassemble them. You just send me the calipers with the fluid drained out and I plug the line holes with a bolt and lock nut thing that Rog made and I tape up the bolts and pad areas and scuff, etching prime, seal, and paint. Not that big of a deal just tidious with lots of detail. If you want the "TOKICO" machined back in I'm sure I can give Rog some of it to get that done.
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matt sterbator
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posted August 16, 2004 06:16 PM
How clean do they have to be ? lol
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted August 17, 2004 01:42 AM
he charges extra to clean them.....lmfao...ask me how I know......lmfao
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posted August 17, 2004 02:31 AM
lmao... guess I better keep scrubbing
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted August 17, 2004 03:05 PM
hahahahha
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posted August 17, 2004 05:16 PM
They cant be as bad as HDL's. Those fuckers looked like you drug 'em out of the Duck river. LMFAO Seriously I will just dip them in the solvent tank and scrub. Then scrub them with thinner.
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