The best way to recover soaked brake linings in my experience is to:
A. Remove the worst of the contamination using brake cleaner.
Unfortunately the solvent cleaners also dilute the oil and some of it soaks further into the pores in the linings only to return to the surface when they get hot - stage B. is therefore necessary:
B. Make up a saturated solution of good old Daz detergent - none of this 'Bio' rubbish,
Immerse the shoes in the boiling mixture and simmer for at least 30 mins.
You will be amazed how dark the water goes with what is being driven out of the linings by the heat.......
When removed from the heat the hot shoes naturally dry themselves off ready to be refitted.
I have used this method for years with no ill effects to either bonded or riveted linings.
PS For maintaining marital bliss I use a camping stove for this exercise and not the kitchen cooker..........
Charlie P-J
A. Remove the worst of the contamination using brake cleaner.
Unfortunately the solvent cleaners also dilute the oil and some of it soaks further into the pores in the linings only to return to the surface when they get hot - stage B. is therefore necessary:
B. Make up a saturated solution of good old Daz detergent - none of this 'Bio' rubbish,
Immerse the shoes in the boiling mixture and simmer for at least 30 mins.
You will be amazed how dark the water goes with what is being driven out of the linings by the heat.......
When removed from the heat the hot shoes naturally dry themselves off ready to be refitted.
I have used this method for years with no ill effects to either bonded or riveted linings.
PS For maintaining marital bliss I use a camping stove for this exercise and not the kitchen cooker..........
Charlie P-J