WD-40 rest, or why auto services buy boxed brake cleaner
- November 9, 2022
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Anyone who had the chance to visit a gas station warehouse probably noticed a large number of boxes of bottles of “brake cleaner” – a compound that, according
Anyone who had the chance to visit a gas station warehouse probably noticed a large number of boxes of bottles of “brake cleaner” – a compound that, according to technology, is used when replacing brake pads and discs. But why so much, are the costs really that great? It turns out, as the AvtoVzglyad portal found, there are other reasons to keep an impressive stockpile of these autochemical goods.
Repair and maintenance of the brake mechanism is a very common intervention that the car undergoes regularly (at least every 30,000 km). According to the regulations, after dismantling the caliper, it must be washed from dirt and lime, the same with the guides. When installing new brake discs, they must be washed with anti-corrosion agents, which the manufacturer uses to protect the new part from rust.
For all these tasks, auto mechanics use brake cleaner – an effective tool that is filled into a cylinder under high pressure, because the composition should simply rinse off, not soak. It usually takes one vial to process all four wheels. But the traditional desire to seek and find new uses for well-known products, born of laziness and reluctance to look for a special tool or a separate “pot”, has led to our brake cleaner having many applications.
The drug easily cleans oil stains on the engine and other metal components, it can easily wash away long-buried dirt or grime, or remove bitumen and other “signs of use.” When replacing the grease in bearings – an unpopular, but extremely important operation that domestic drivers regularly forget – the old and dirty composition is “knocked out” by the brake cleaner. As well as the soot is wiped from the exhaust pipe and decorative overlays (however, this has to be done very carefully and deftly, but the craftsmen know how).
Brake cleaner in Russia is traditionally washed with clogged valves – for example, an absorber valve – and also removes carbon deposits from various internal combustion engine elements. Disassemble suspension? To organize the exhaust system or to remove a stuck oil film mixed with dust and dirt? All questions – about the brake cleaner.
In short, a universal tool that can easily compete with even the incomparable and indispensable penetrating lubricant WD-40. Admittedly, it also has its drawbacks: the brake cleaner corrodes rubber gaskets, anthers and oil seals, so you have to use it very carefully, do not flood the entire surface, but act point by point.
A powerful “torch” of “chemistry” is capable of doing things if the bottle is in the hands of a novice mechanic, but for a professional it is an indispensable tool that can solve many problems. That’s why car services buy this cleaner in boxes, knowing that the mechanic will most likely choose this one, not some other compound. In addition, a brake cleaner is usually not expensive, so that the accounting department will not put a spoke in the wheels by choosing this option, among other things.
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Repair and maintenance of the brake mechanism is a very common intervention that the car undergoes regularly (at least every 30,000 km). According to the regulations, after dismantling the caliper, it must be washed from dirt and lime, the same with the guides. When installing new brake discs, they must be washed with anti-corrosion agents, which the manufacturer uses to protect the new part from rust.
For all these tasks, auto mechanics use brake cleaner – an effective tool that is filled into a cylinder under high pressure, because the composition should simply rinse off, not soak. It usually takes one vial to process all four wheels. But the traditional desire to seek and find new uses for well-known products, born of laziness and reluctance to look for a special tool or a separate “pot”, has led to our brake cleaner having many applications.
The drug easily cleans oil stains on the engine and other metal components, it can easily wash away long-buried dirt or grime, or remove bitumen and other “signs of use.” When replacing the grease in bearings – an unpopular, but extremely important operation that domestic drivers regularly forget – the old and dirty composition is “knocked out” by the brake cleaner. As well as the soot is wiped from the exhaust pipe and decorative overlays (however, this has to be done very carefully and deftly, but the craftsmen know how).
Brake cleaner in Russia is traditionally washed with clogged valves – for example, an absorber valve – and also removes carbon deposits from various internal combustion engine elements. Disassemble suspension? To organize the exhaust system or to remove a stuck oil film mixed with dust and dirt? All questions – about the brake cleaner.
In short, a universal tool that can easily compete with even the incomparable and indispensable penetrating lubricant WD-40. Admittedly, it also has its drawbacks: the brake cleaner corrodes rubber gaskets, anthers and oil seals, so you have to use it very carefully, do not flood the entire surface, but act point by point.
A powerful “torch” of “chemistry” is capable of doing things if the bottle is in the hands of a novice mechanic, but for a professional it is an indispensable tool that can solve many problems. That’s why car services buy this cleaner in boxes, knowing that the mechanic will most likely choose this one, not some other compound. In addition, a brake cleaner is usually not expensive, so that the accounting department will not put a spoke in the wheels by choosing this option, among other things.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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