Silly oil dump

tripe · Post by **tripe** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:18 pm

This afternoon I secured a 5 litre drum of olive oil onto the back of the bike, only to have it split and dump its entire contents over the back of the bike, exhaust, pegs, wheel etc.
Pretty clever

Anyway, with a bit of cleaning gel got it all off and the tyre is fine only the rear brake disk and calipers aren't gripping as they should;
What is the best way to clean it without buggering it all up?

Tripe

Boxadog 2000 · Post by **Boxadog 2000** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:21 pm

New pads.

Not worth the risk for the sake of 25 quid

oyster · Post by **oyster** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:51 pm

Boxadog 2000 wrote:New pads.

Not worth the risk for the sake of 25 quid

Exactly!
And lots of warm soapy water and Fairy liquid for the rest of it!

tripe · Post by **tripe** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:11 pm

Thank you for the advice.
Its the first time that I have "lubricated" a brake disk and it is remarkable quite how much they lose their bite.

Shame it happened it was a particularly fine Spanish Extra Virgin olive oil too

Me-109 · Post by **Me-109** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:26 am

Garlic bread and balsamic vinegar?

bigblackfalco · Post by **bigblackfalco** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:39 am

tripe wrote:Shame it happened it was a particularly fine Spanish Extra Virgin olive oil too

10w40???

tripe · Post by **tripe** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:12 am

late harvest from Catalonia, we are talking mobilube grade here

bigblackfalco · Post by **bigblackfalco** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:55 pm

tripe wrote:late harvest from Catalonia, we are talking mobilube grade here

Ahhhh.....a touch of the green/ peppery stuff.Splendid!