<VV> cleaning oil-soaked brake shoes/was "brake shoe thickness"

[Harry Yarnell]

Shoes soaked with gear oil , grease, or brake fluid, are junk. Period.

Harry Yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
perryman, MD
hyarnell1@earthlink.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Ioanes" <mioanes@woh.rr.com>
To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 2:38 PM
Subject: <VV> cleaning oil-soaked brake shoes/was "brake shoe thickness"


> > Maybe there is a way to BAKE the contaminants (grease, oil, brake fluid,
> > whatever) out.  Don't know, have not tried.
> I've seen LOTS of grease-coated brake shoes at work.  When wheel seals
fail
> on trucks, it's common.  The usual fix is to replace the shoes.  Sometimes
> the customer wants us to clean them with brake-clean.  On occasion, the
> mechanics will run them through the parts washer, mostly as a courtesy to
> me, not as an attempt to clean them.
> These shoes are contaminated with gear oil, not grease.  Not sure if it
> makes any difference.
> Mike Ioanes
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