Have I just had a dangerously stupid idea.
Discussion
My MG lives outside and doesn't get much winter use. It's not scorned. Rhe discs suffer from lomg periods of inactivity, getting rust and I had a caliber stick.
Clearly use is the key to keeping them OK.
Bearing in mind it is a light oil which evaporates quickly, would a regular squirt of WD40 help or would that be a massively dangerous thing do do?
WD40 is a lubricant, so applying it to the brakes will prevent them working.
Pebbles167 said:
It would be wiped off after an application of the brakes.
No, the brakes will be applied and your vehicle will go sailing on into the nearest solid object. After that, they will probably work fine.Edited by Roy C on Saturday 4th October 16:47
I've found WD40 crap as a lubricant, it just dries up and disappears, ideal for cleaning stuff (wiping down alloy engine parts etc) that's about it.
GT85 is far better as a lubricant spray.
Having said that i would'nt spray WD40 onto brake disks, as mentioned it will contaminate the brake linings.
GT85 is far better as a lubricant spray.
Having said that i would'nt spray WD40 onto brake disks, as mentioned it will contaminate the brake linings.
Markgenesis said:
I've found WD40 crap as a lubricant, it just dries up and disappears, ideal for cleaning stuff (wiping down alloy engine parts etc) that's about it.
GT85 is far better as a lubricant spray.
Having said that i would'nt spray WD40 onto brake disks, as mentioned it will contaminate the brake linings.
The key is in the name - it's a water displacement product, not a lubricant.GT85 is far better as a lubricant spray.
Having said that i would'nt spray WD40 onto brake disks, as mentioned it will contaminate the brake linings.
Tyre Tread said:
WD40 may be absorbed into the braking material. Bad idea!
WD40 will be absorbed into brake pads and they'll be mullered. As previously mentioned, WD40 is not a lubricant but a water displacement fluid...in fact the 40th iteration, hence, WD40.OP, with the car living outside, do you have the room to put the car into a winter tent? I found myself short of garage space some years back and bought one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Portable-Garage-Carport-...
They work brilliantly and kept 99% of the winter weather off the car, no rust on brake discs and because they enable good airflow the car was superbly dry.
v8250 said:
WD40 will be absorbed into brake pads and they'll be mullered. As previously mentioned, WD40 is not a lubricant but a water displacement fluid...in fact the 40th iteration, hence, WD40.
OP, with the car living outside, do you have the room to put the car into a winter tent? I found myself short of garage space some years back and bought one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Portable-Garage-Carport-...
They work brilliantly and kept 99% of the winter weather off the car, no rust on brake discs and because they enable good airflow the car was superbly dry.
I have thought f something like that. I live in a big house with zero space for a garage. Designed before cars were common in 1901, Victorian/Edwardian corner tettace house on a wedge shaped plot. The front f the house is at the thick end triple fronted sort of with off street parking for 2-3 cars. I don't think a tent would really go down with my wife or neighbours. I have heard car covers can do more harm than good. I've a soft top cover, the car is cleaned lubricated and serviced properly. OP, with the car living outside, do you have the room to put the car into a winter tent? I found myself short of garage space some years back and bought one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Portable-Garage-Carport-...
They work brilliantly and kept 99% of the winter weather off the car, no rust on brake discs and because they enable good airflow the car was superbly dry.
The answer is to use it more. A tough one when most of my work is from home and my wife works just over a mioe away..
I've a trickle charger and a solar conditioner. The attemp is quite new and I can start it and leave it running quite securely which I do once a week or so just to get it warm.
Itj just that I have had several cars like this and come MIT time it's aoways the brakes that come up as an advisory. The AST MOT just after I got it had zero advisories, not bad for an old MGF.
I've seen new cars in stockyards with plastic wrapped round the wheels. Is that to protect the brakes?
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