Page 1 of 1
Silly oil dump
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:18 pm
by tripe
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
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:21 pm
by Boxadog 2000
New pads.
Not worth the risk for the sake of 25 quid
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:51 pm
by oyster
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!
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:11 pm
by tripe
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
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:26 am
by Me-109
Garlic bread and balsamic vinegar?
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:39 am
by bigblackfalco
tripe wrote:Shame it happened it was a particularly fine Spanish Extra Virgin olive oil too
10w40???
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:12 am
by tripe
late harvest from Catalonia, we are talking mobilube grade here
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:55 pm
by bigblackfalco
tripe wrote:late harvest from Catalonia, we are talking mobilube grade here
Ahhhh.....a touch of the green/ peppery stuff.Splendid!