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Ted in NE-OH

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I have some brake shoes on my tractor that have plenty of lining left, but are oily. Will brake cleaner or heating the liners to burn the oil off solve the problem?? Anyone done this?
 
Parts washer, brake parts cleaner, heat, more brake parts cleaner and sand with course paper, done it many times. If they look dry and dust up nice with sanding, should be good to go.
 
Years ago the Rambler dealer used the torch to melt out the fluid out of the linings on my car. Just heat and wipe with a rag and keep repeting. I don't know if they had the brake cleaners then or not, this was about 1970. And I have since done that with the tractor.
 
shoes are cheap if your in that far you don't what to do it twice and end up putting new shoes on anyway
 
NOT sure, other than cosmetic/appearance issues what problem are your oily linings causing?
 
That reminded me of an actual event. My neighbor had a 1958 Rambler American that the muffler rusted through in 1970. She took it in to Bud Mulcahy's AMC dealership looking for replacement under warranty. Of course, she was denied until she produced the original Bill of Sale that had the warranty. She got a new exhaust system that proved her ownership. She lived through Hitler's 'pogrom', being Jewish with the tattoo that gave her a number (Biblical, anyone?) I was happy to have her as my neighbor; her in-laws were not.
 
For the most part, once they are soaked with oil, it is nearly impossible to get it all out. You may get most of it out. Since they are on a tractor, it isn't really critical anyways due to the low speeds that tractors operate at.
 

Brake cleaner....high pressure air, brake cleaner....high pressure air.

Repeat a few times....do not breathe the fumes.
 
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