How To Clean Disc Brake Pads, Rotors & Calipers
Cleaning your brake pads, rotors and calipers will take away that squealing sound and improve braking performance.
There’s two things you’ll need – a clean lint-free cloth and a brake specific cleaner.
We are using the Motul Brake Clean which is a water-based, quick-drying rotor, pad, and caliper cleaner. Here’s the lowdown, (in video and written format) on the quickest and easiest way to do it.
How to clean your brakes: Step-by-step guide
Review: Motul Brake Clean
Formulated specifically to clean brake residue and baked on brake glaze, Motul Brake Clean is an easy-to-use spray on cleaner for brake pads, rotors and calipers. It’s a solvent-free and water-based solution that has a fast drying action. The intended benefit is to restore braking performance and eliminate unwanted brake squeal.
Details
| Cleans brake pads, rotors and calipers |
| Solvent free with biodegradable ingredients |
| Water-based formula |
| 100% recycled and recyclable bottle |
| Removes dirt and brake glaze |
| Restores braking performance |
| ± R280 | Learn MORE |
Impressions
In a nutshell, Motul Brake Cleaner is easy-to-use and does exactly what it is supposed to. It’s actually quite surprising how much residue it manages to pull out of a seemingly clean set of pads and rotors. After a clean, the brakes are noticeably more powerful. As part of this review I also repeated the above cleaning process on a road bike and it completely eliminated the brake squeal. I like the fact that it evaporates quickly so you can reinstall everything immediately and that its a water-based formula that is solvent-free making it more planet and human-friendly. Great product!
| WORDS: Myles Kelsey | IMAGES & FOOTAGE: Max Sullivan |