Brake caliper slide

[malcolmbuck]

Hi,
Whats the best way to clean up brake slides? I've tried wire brushing and cleaning with Gunk but they still look rubbish? Can you paint with ordinary hammerite or do I need high temp paint?
Any other ideas?

Cheers,
Malc

[Kevin W]

whats a brake slide?

[malcolmbuck]

A brake slide is the part of the whole brake arrangement that slides in/out of the main body of the caliper. Its where the outboard brake pad sits.

Malc

[chedz]

I bought one of the brake caliper paint kits. It came with some chemical spray that you put on, then scrub with a wire brush and paint. They came up clean but without paint they look very messy.

The paint in the kit is heat resistant, though I suspect hamerite would be ok unless you were thrashing around a lot. To be honest the finish of the paint in the kit is crap, the paint just seemed too thin and I didn't get the coverage I was hoping for.

I would also say that if you are fitting halibrands you can't see the brakes anyway so if I did it again I wouldn't bother, just a quick scrub up.

I went on to exchange my rears for recons, these had been anodised and they look nice and shiny.

Cheers :thumb:
Graham

[Clive]

Originally Posted by malcolmbuck

A brake slide is the part of the whole brake arrangement that slides in/out of the main body of the caliper. Its where the outboard brake pad sits.

Malc

Hi Malc, are you talking about the pistons?

[malcolmbuck]

This is taken from someone elses website but the items in question are on the left.


Malc

[robinj66]

if you want them back to new, then electrolysis is the answer.

[Clive]

Originally Posted by robinj66

if you want them back to new, then electrolysis is the answer.

That's what my mother-in-law used to use on her moustache!:rotfl:

[Miket]

Malc

Flap wheel on a drill will get rid of all the old crap, paint with red oxide then a couple of coats of Smooth Hammerite. :thumb:

Enclosed pic show what can done with Hammerite and they still look as good 4 yrs later. :thumb:

[malcolmbuck]

I eventually tried wirebrushing using a drill attachment followed by paint. Looks an absolute treat.
Thanks for the advice.
Malc