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For years I have boiled contaminated brake shoes in a pot I bought just for that purpose at a yard sale. A couple minutes at a boil and all brake fluid is cooked out. I have never done it long enough to incur pad separation, but overcooking would probably be a problem. Out of dozens of tries, no troubles yet !
B.
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> Would the light-my-fire protocol work on contaminated brake shoe linings?
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> Dave Stragand wrote:
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> > A great solution to contaminants on brake drums is to set them on
> > fire. (Don?t laugh ? it works fantastically.)
> >
> > Spray them heavily with brake cleaner and light them on fire. The
> > combination of heat and cleaner even gets oils out of the pores in the
> > metal. The temps are still much lower than they get in real use, and
> > little if any residue is left behind. An old-timer recommended this
> > with my ?locking-on-first-use? problem on my ?59 DeS.
> >
> > Note of the obvious ? don?t do this indo!
ors. > >
> > -Dave
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> > *From:* Forward Look Mopar Discussion List
> > [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *John Teske
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:55 PM
> > *To:* L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > *Subject:* Re: [FWDLK] Sandblast Brake Drums ?
> >
> > Ron:
> >
> > I had my 11 inch drums sand blasted and power coated. During each of
> > these processes, the contact surface was protected with masking tape
> > etc. One problem with this is that there is a bit of adhesive residue
> > left that cause the brakes to grab for a while until it is burned off.
> > I tried several solvents without total success for removing the
> > adhesive. All is well now.
> >
> > John Teske
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