[AT] de-greasing disc brakes

[Howard Weeks]

I have burned the oil and grease out of several band type brakes by 
tying them up with hay wire and directly heating the pads with a propane 
torch. The embedded pad material would flame up and smoke as it burned 
off.  When the oil was burned off, it would quit flaming and the smoke 
would clear up. I have reused them and they appear to be as good as new 
ones. I used just enough heat to keep them burning while there was 
something to burn. Don't think I ever got he metal parts of the band hot 
enough to turn red.

I had planned to throw them away if the burn didn't work.

Howard in GA

On 9/22/2015 9:36 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> You really think they get that hot on a combine? A car/truck I can see that,
> just thinking on a combine probably only 150-200 deg (just guessing). My
> thinking is anything real hot could start a fire with all the chaff. I may
> just have to look into getting a cheap toaster oven. I could probably do all
> 4 at once.  My only problem is finding the time to get by wally-world to
> pick one up.
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 7:40 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] de-greasing disc brakes
>
> Trust me they get hotter in use than you'll ever get them in the oven...
>
> Mike M
>
> On 9/22/2015 6:47 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
>> Thanks for the suggestions guys! No where local to get these relined and I
>