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11-21-2004, 03:11 AM
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What's in our brake pads?
I've found by cleaning the inside of my new AMG 5-spokes with my compressed air gun, it does the job beautifully. Takes 15 seconds against the 5 minutes with a terry towel before.
But I'd like to know if there's anything dangerous/odious in the dust itself... asbestos? I'm wearing a dust face mask so I'm covered, but you never know. Ken Silver -------------- ~1993 SL500, glistening triple black, xenons, AMG facelift to 2002 style. ~1999 SLK 230 Kompressor, silver/black leather, CD, immaculate ~1999 Suzuki Grand Vitara. black & silver ~1991 Jaguar Daimler, shiny grey/grey leather, best in country! ~ex 350SL, 230E, 280E, MX5 and a lot of other makes not nearly as nice.
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11-21-2004, 05:50 AM
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There isn't any asbestos in the brake pads but the fine dust is still harmful to your lungs and eyes.
If you want to blow the wheels out with air then do it with safety glasses and a face mask. Watered down wheel acid and a hose also works well if done regularly.
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11-21-2004, 07:35 AM
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Although not directly related, I installed ceramic pads for the first time recently and there is no more black pad dust to clean from the wheels!
BB 
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11-21-2004, 08:02 AM
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Ah, yes--I remember cleaning brake dust, every 2-3 days on the fronts though less on the rears. PBR Deluxe pads fixed that! I really was amazed at how much less dust happens. Now to deal with the Saab...
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11-21-2004, 05:56 PM
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I thought there was an issue with ceramic pads... something to do with more wear on the disks? I've got cross drilled rotors, so they are expensive to replace if that's the case.
And I clean my wheels after every trip, or at the end of the day, so a wet clean is not always practical. I also believe that water does the greatest damage to a car, so try to avoid washing it as much as possible. I discovered this after accidentally squirting my air hose - which I use to blow water out of the cracks, wheel nuts and badges - at various points of the body round the tail lights, and seeing the water completely disappear... not even draining out somewhere. So this water must be sitting around the inner body channelling somewhere, doing its darndest to rust my ride! Couple that with an always-garaged vehicle with little moving air round it, and it's a recipe for a short component life. Sure I'm fussy, but my SL will be still like new in 20 years! Ken Silver -------------- ~1993 SL500, glistening triple black, xenons, AMG facelift to 2002 style. ~1999 SLK 230 Kompressor, silver/black leather, CD, immaculate ~1999 Suzuki Grand Vitara. black & silver ~1991 Jaguar Daimler, shiny grey/grey leather, best in country! ~ex 350SL, 230E, 280E, MX5 and a lot of other makes not nearly as nice.
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11-21-2004, 06:12 PM
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11-21-2004, 07:43 PM
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I didn't notice any differance. They stop well and the front wheels stay clean now. Cleaning the black dust from the little oval cut-outs in the alloy wheel was getting old, and was a drag and it stained the finish too! 
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