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Brakes get really hot!
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<blockquote data-quote="Bounce" data-source="post: 1166177" data-attributes="member: 257"><p>When was the last time you flushed the system? It's an every-other-year maintenance item because the fluid attracts moisture.</p><p></p><p>Even more detailed cleaning would be to clean and service the brake pistons.</p><p></p><p>Pull the pads, pull the pistons (drain fluids first). clean all around the dust covers and clean up the ring of sploog that builds up around the pistons with a scotch bright pad. Put everything back together and flush the system with new fluid. Failure to do this occasionally can cause the pistons to hang instead of move like they should.</p><p></p><p>Clean anything that got brake fluid on it. That stuff will eat paint and plastic aggressively.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bounce, post: 1166177, member: 257"] When was the last time you flushed the system? It's an every-other-year maintenance item because the fluid attracts moisture. Even more detailed cleaning would be to clean and service the brake pistons. Pull the pads, pull the pistons (drain fluids first). clean all around the dust covers and clean up the ring of sploog that builds up around the pistons with a scotch bright pad. Put everything back together and flush the system with new fluid. Failure to do this occasionally can cause the pistons to hang instead of move like they should. Clean anything that got brake fluid on it. That stuff will eat paint and plastic aggressively. [/QUOTE]
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