Cleaning the Rotors
03-21-2007, 05:55 PM
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My NAPA has nothing but steel wire wheels... I'll check a couple other local shops. but brass wheel is probably a better idea than the steel ones, even if my results may be okay with steel, brass it probably a little more gentle.
--Micah
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03-21-2007, 06:05 PM
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Did a quick Google and found this http://www.spiralbrushes.com/brass-wire.html
http://www.vermontamerican.com/Products/pr...868&I=70435
http://cgi.ebay.com/5Pc-Brass-Wire-Wheel-S...1QQcmdZViewItem
I have also used the 3M gasket removal discs (the plastic finger type) They work well on the face but don't really get into the voids very well.
I will call up NAPA tomorrow and see if i can get a part# for you.
Allen
http://www.vermontamerican.com/Products/pr...868&I=70435
http://cgi.ebay.com/5Pc-Brass-Wire-Wheel-S...1QQcmdZViewItem
I have also used the 3M gasket removal discs (the plastic finger type) They work well on the face but don't really get into the voids very well.
I will call up NAPA tomorrow and see if i can get a part# for you.
Allen
03-22-2007, 01:20 AM
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Sweet. Yeah, Those would be sweet, but I'm sure they didn't have any-anywhere I looked. But, if you get the Napa part number, maybe I can special order them next-day for cheaper than I could get them online (probably not)... I am on a schedule right now.. I need to get it going quite soon... Currently re-vamping my engine bay.. soon as thats done, the engine goes in, and my car goes for a fresh coat of black paint. 
03-22-2007, 07:45 PM
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Aerosol oven cleaner and a tooth brush are by far the best method of cleaning carboned rotors. Spray the oven cleaner into the grooves and faces and leave for a couple of hours. You will still need to run an old seal thru all the grooves but the carbon is so soft it falls off. Scrape the faces with a blade and scrub everything with a tooth brush then waterblast or steam clean.
03-23-2007, 08:42 PM
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I used Zep Orange degreaser from Home Depot, it's mild enough on the bearings and does a great job, I had RE rotors with about 1/8" of carbon on them, and now they are spotless.
03-27-2007, 12:28 AM
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Well, got me a fine-wire brass brush two days ago; didn't get a chance to post my results. I tested this on my test rotors first to make sure it wasn't too abrasive. At very first, it was MORE abrasive than the steel wheel... so I beat them against the concrete for a little while until it was less abrasive. It ended up being about the same as the steel wheel... At first I thought it was a steel wire (brass coated) wheel.. but even after I used it a bit, it was still brass color... so.... I'm assuming its brass.
I also got me some brass-coated steel ones in some funny shapes for the dirty areas of the irons/housings (outside stuff of course).
Anyways. thanks everybody for the advise.. Just hoping I didn't rub my rotors raw.. Hehe. They look spiffy though.
On another note.. how polished should the rotor faces be? I'd assume there's some carbon repelling property of a polished rotor; how much should I be polishing these things? I can't imagine its THAT important since they weren't polished from the factory and even had lines on them from the machining process in the bowls.
I also got me some brass-coated steel ones in some funny shapes for the dirty areas of the irons/housings (outside stuff of course).
Anyways. thanks everybody for the advise.. Just hoping I didn't rub my rotors raw.. Hehe. They look spiffy though.
On another note.. how polished should the rotor faces be? I'd assume there's some carbon repelling property of a polished rotor; how much should I be polishing these things? I can't imagine its THAT important since they weren't polished from the factory and even had lines on them from the machining process in the bowls.
