In an earlier post someone mentioned that all rotors will rust with out being treated. That is understandable, but I was wondering what you can use to treat the rotors with to stop the rust or atleast slow it down some what?
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Nothing short of WD-40 is gonna keep them from getting surface rust. Don't worry about it unless you'll be storing your car outside for years without moving it. The first time you drive it around the block it'll be worn right off.
Semper Fi SAINT. May you rest in peace.
And for the love of GOD DO NOT SPRAY THEM DOWN WITH WD-40 CAUSE YOU"LL HAVE NO BRAKES !!!!!!!
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lol.. yea I know better then that.
What i am concered about, is around the edge of the rotor not the surface/face, the ones that came with my sunfire rust alot, and look horrible.
jackalope wrote:And for the love of GOD DO NOT SPRAY THEM DOWN WITH WD-40 CAUSE YOU"LL HAVE NO BRAKES !!!!!!!
Yes you will. My rotors were warped last March, so I sprayed WD-40 on them every morning to stop the sqeak. Worked for a week until I could get new rotors and pads. And I had no loss in stopping power.
daryl b wrote:jackalope wrote:And for the love of GOD DO NOT SPRAY THEM DOWN WITH WD-40 CAUSE YOU"LL HAVE NO BRAKES !!!!!!!
Yes you will. My rotors were warped last March, so I sprayed WD-40 on them every morning to stop the sqeak. Worked for a week until I could get new rotors and pads. And I had no loss in stopping power.
wd40 is a petroleum based substance as well as a solvent....
def dont spray it on brakes or brake pads..... there will be a loss in stopping power, with any lubricant. you might not notice it, but there is.
not to mention, the chance for fire occuring if you have to break hard.... wd40 being a lubricant, lubricants tend to do that at times when under high heat.
easier to use break cleaner, and less chance for side effects.
Paint the outside of your rotors. Not on the part that the pad touches tho.
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YOU sprayed your brakes with oil !?!? and you don't see a problem with this ??
GOD I hope your joking, If not you may want to consider never touching your car again.
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jackalope wrote: YOU sprayed your brakes with oil !?!? and you don't see a problem with this ??
GOD I hope your joking, If not you may want to consider never touching your car again.
You tell him not to touch his car again, And yet you say this?
jackalope wrote:Nothing short of WD-40 is gonna keep them from getting surface rust. Don't worry about it unless you'll be storing your car outside for years without moving it. The first time you drive it around the block it'll be worn right off.
Do YOU see a problem with this? Maybe before you give any more advise/bash people, you should think your @!#$ through.
Most ceramic paints will hold up for a while. The high temp 1000*F stuff will last untill you panic stop. Or take them in to a plating shop, have them put nickle platting on it. That will last just about forever (in terms of rotor life). And if you buff it with a bit of fine grit sand paper, it will look just like cast iron.
Derek exactly what do I need to think thru before I start bashin anybody? That you have no clue as to sarcasim? Or that you don't seem to understand that when you buy a new rotor it comes coated in a light machine oil such as WD-40 to prevent it from rusting on the shelf. Or that you see nothing wrong with spraing oil on your brakes.
Which is it?
If it was the sarcasim I clarified that in my very next post.
If its because you don't know rotors come coated in oil when new then maybe you shouldn't touch your car again either.
If its because you see nothing wrong with spraying oil on your brakes then again maybe you shouldn't touch your car either.
I don't bash people if you've ever read any of my posts hear I don't go for it at all but when someone says they do something as monumentaly stupid as spraying oil on there brakes then your damn right I'm gonna say something. They're not only endangering there life but everyone else on the road with there oil soaked brakes.
And if YOU see this as bashing then its clear you've done something this stupid before too and don't like to be called on it. Sorry but spraying oil on your brakes is stupid and if you can't see it then you have no business even owning a car. Sell it and buy a bike before you kill someone with your oil covered brakes.
Semper Fi SAINT. May you rest in peace.
Listen douche, I said my rotors were old and warped. And I never said I liberally sprayed them. A light coat will do nothing but stop the squeak, and as you said, the majority will burn off after a couple trips around the block. Don't @!#$in tell me I shouldn't touch my car again. I know what the @!#$ I'm doing. I'm obviously still alive so nothing happened to me or anyone else because of my so-called "stupidity". If a WD-40 type lubricant comes on new rotors, then when you put them on the car, it will burn off, and is the same as a light coat to stop the sqeaking which is EXACTLY the point I'm trying to get across.It works with a LIGHT coat. So back the @!#$ up jackelope.
No Daryl obviouly you do not know what you are doing. The oil does not "burn off" It gets embeded into the pads and shortens there life and stopping power. This is the reason a product called BRAKE KLEEN existis. So that when you install new rotors you can spray off all the oil leaving no residue for your new brakes to become contaminated with. I never started with you I only said spraying oil on your brakes is a stupid thing to do but if you can't see this then I guess theres no point in trying to explain it to you. And I'm glad nothing happened to your or anyone else on the road while your driveing around with your oiled brakes. But I'm only an A.S.E. certified master tech with my inspectors licence what could I possibly know. And before you ask "Then why do you work in the parts dept?" Its cause after almost 10 years of working on other peoples broken down cars I got tired of it so I work in parts making
more money and not getting dirty.
B.T.W. I said the R U S T would burn off after a couple trips around the block not oil on your brakes. And no you should never touch your car again if you don't see why its not a good idea to put ANY oil on your brakes.
Semper Fi SAINT. May you rest in peace.
Where's the "holy @!#$ this is insane" emoticon? Whatever you say bud. You do it your way, I did it mine. It worked, I'm not saying It was what should have been done to be "correct", but it was a temporary fix for 3 days until I could change the rotors/pads that weekend. Don't tell me I shouldn't work on my car, or shouldn't touch my car because you have some arrogant "I ASE" chip on your shoulder. And as stated before, leave me alone.
WHOA BOYS!
Jackalope: Daryl can break his car however he pleases. If he wants to put oil on his breaks, so be it. It's his car, and last I checked, a free country.
Daryl: What you did was not smart. Obviously no grievous harm was done. But it really shouldn't be presented as any sort of option, even a temporary one.
Lets leave the ASE stuff out of this too. It's proof of ability, not superiority.
now that the brake dust is settled....
does any1 carry a zinc coatin that u can spray on the rotors to provide a barrier? that would be a better option than the oil method.
I mean, some aftermarkets have this zinc plating/coating on the whole rotors. i never had the reason to buy such an expensive upgrade for my lil sis' slow daily driver.
How long does that plating/coating last anyways?
Earl A wrote:now that the brake dust is settled....
does any1 carry a zinc coatin that u can spray on the rotors to provide a barrier? that would be a better option than the oil method.
I mean, some aftermarkets have this zinc plating/coating on the whole rotors. i never had the reason to buy such an expensive upgrade for my lil sis' slow daily driver.
How long does that plating/coating last anyways?
my rotors are coated and i have yet to notice any rust from it sitting for a week or two.
see ya!
Thank you C.T.S. Nova Racer and everyone else who thinks this is a very bad idea.
Daryl I'm glad you didn't get hurt or wreck your car but you must admit this is not a good idea.
Semper Fi SAINT. May you rest in peace.
Zinc can't be sprayed on. It has to be electrolyzed. Hot water + electricity literally rips zinc atoms off the stock (the bar of zinc) to the item. I doubt that process can be put in a can.
yup, I was doing some googling on that topic of zinc coating... oh wellz...
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