Inazuma Brake Calipers

[inazumarob]

Hi Guys and Gals, I decided to give the brake calipers a strip down and clean due to bike not being used for a while. I dropped the caliper halves in to a mix of 10% Harpic Plus 10 and hot water. This is a picture of them half done.

[PanzerWomble]

With those calipers and that method you should be able to go clean round the bend .....

 

 

Never tried using bleach , my go to is Jif / ANother white cleaner for first level gunge removal . I might have to give this a go next time . 

Edited June 21, 2021 by PanzerWomble

[TonyGee]

just dont do what my brother in law did, left em in a tub of caustic soda over night !!!!  you can guess what happened 

[wraith]

3 hours ago, TonyGee said:

just dont do what my brother in law did, left em in a tub of caustic soda over night !!!!  you can guess what happened 

take it he is looking for a new set 

[wraith]

Caustic soda is very good for removing anodising but don't leave them in to long

[TonyGee]

59 minutes ago, wraith said:

take it he is looking for a new set 

this was quite a few years ago wraith, they where off an old xs750 he was doing up. he ended up getting another set from our local breakers  

[PanzerWomble]

I knew someone do a similar trick with some sillydream carbs back in the early 90's  . Had to hold back on the giggling when hew came to ask if I could sell him a spare set . 

[wraith]

1 hour ago, TonyGee said:

this was quite a few years ago wraith, they where off an old xs750 he was doing up. he ended up getting another set from our local breakers  

O the good old days when there where bike breakers you could go and get the parts off instead of them just selling on that site

[TonyGee]

29 minutes ago, wraith said:

O the good old days when there where bike breakers you could go and get the parts off instead of them just selling on that site

2 of my mates run the local breakers which is pretty handy, one of the lads has a well equipped garage at home and does some machining and welding for me when i get stuck    

[rdubandit]

Nice job!

[Dezza]

That's a great result on those calipers. Harpic Plus is a weak hydrochloric acid solution so it's use here is the same as using alloy wheel cleaner to remove brake dust and other crap from calipers. Harpic is clearly a whole lot cheaper than wheel cleaner so it's a no-brainer to use this method in the future.