Awww, the lube wears out in a hundred miles or so anyways..... :-O
The Wal-Mart carb cleaner has acetone and toulene and left the stuff I
blasted pretty dry. If that stuff has any lube, it must be pretty crappy
lube. Guess I'll get a can of "real" brake cleaner though - false economy
there....
At 21:27 02/25/2002, Lawrence R Zink was inspired to say:
>Carb cleaner is formulated to desolve gums and varnishes present in
>gasoline, plus leave a film of lubricant on the metal parts. This is not
>the kind of thing you want on brake drums, rotors and pads. Unless you
>enjoy fixing wrecked cars and have a real death wish.
> Brake cleaner, on the other hand, desolves oil and grease and evaporates
>leaving a clean, dry surface. Just the thing to make your brake system more
>effective.
>
>
>
>Larry Zink
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Beels" <beels@technologist.com>
>To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 7:11 PM
>Subject: Brake Cleaner vs. Carb Cleaner
>
>
> >
> > Out of both so I was at Wally World and noticed that there's no Wally
>World
> > private label brake cleaner. Only carb cleaner. Since I hate paying
>$1.78
> > for a can of Prestone or some other "name" when the Wally World stuff is
> > 1/2 the price, I bought a case of carb cleaner.
> >
> > What's in brake cleaner that would want me to use it specifically, instead
> > of carb cleaner, for brake cleaner stuff?
> >
> > Cheers!
Cheers!
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