Rust on my disc brake already?!?!?!

snaphappyspen
snaphappyspen Posts: 179
edited March 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
Am i just unlucky or am i doing something else wrong? i have some Tektro Auriga disc brakes and upon closer inspection there seems to be small orange marks in certain places of the disc brake....is this rust? what have i done wrong i have only had the bike a month?!?! what should i do? how can i get rid of the rust?

Im such a n00b!!
Bike - Scott Aspect 45
Roadie - Trek 1.5 2013

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  • snaphappyspen
    snaphappyspen Posts: 179
    Check out this link
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/spens_snaps/5526262205/

    Thats a pic of said disc brake.
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  • warpcow
    warpcow Posts: 1,448
    Totally normal.
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  • snaphappyspen
    snaphappyspen Posts: 179
    it is?

    I feel bad flooding the forums with all these questions but i wouldnt of thought it was normal, you live and learn
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  • bearfraser
    bearfraser Posts: 435
    looks like it needs some
    "wd-40" :lol::lol::lol:
  • snaphappyspen
    snaphappyspen Posts: 179
    bearfraser wrote:
    looks like it needs some
    "wd-40" :lol::lol::lol:

    Ohh really? ill remember that one lol
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  • gtd.
    gtd. Posts: 626
    water and a bit of scotchbrite should remove that
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  • 02gf74
    02gf74 Posts: 1,171
    stainless steel is not totally rust proof but very very rust resistant, depening on the grade.

    if that is rust on the rotor arms, then it is minimal and just cosmetic - it will not affect braking perfromance.

    if it really bothers you, then clean up the rotor and spray with clear laquer or a colour to match bike. Personally I would mask off the braking surface but others have not and the paint soon rubs off.
  • snaphappyspen
    snaphappyspen Posts: 179
    Thanks guys, i have been out on it for 20 miles this morning and like you say its cosmetic im gonna get some rust stuff from one o the warehouses by me and it should be right.

    Thanks guys.
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    Roadie - Trek 1.5 2013
  • Matt 24k
    Matt 24k Posts: 186
    All you need is some wire wool or a scouring pad. At the end of the day it's a Mountain Bike and it's going to get covered in mud and get paint and or other scrapes if you use it properly.
  • gtd.
    gtd. Posts: 626
    Matt 24k wrote:
    All you need is some wire wool or a scouring pad. At the end of the day it's a Mountain Bike and it's going to get covered in mud and get paint and or other scrapes if you use it properly.

    wire wool tends to have oil on it so the wool would need that removing first before
    I'd put it on a rotor
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    seriously, just ignore it.
  • dan shard
    dan shard Posts: 722
    What he said
  • snaphappyspen
    snaphappyspen Posts: 179
    Well i have been out on it today and it doesnt seem to effect anything other than aesthetics which i dont mind. As its my first set of discs i was concerned it may turn into something major like hence why i asked.

    Im going to leave them as they are for now, if its not broken an all that.....
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    Roadie - Trek 1.5 2013
  • canada16
    canada16 Posts: 2,360
    Been on my XT brakes for 15 months, and no rust.

    Make sure you dry if you ride in the rain.

    Maybe some white turps and a light scrubbie

    If you use wire wool this will damage the disc even more, create more wear lines and more rust, just my opinion
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    NO NO NO NO NO, don't use turps, EVER. HELL NO!
    It leaves a load of crap on the disc.
    JUST IGNORE IT. some rotors are more prone to rust than others.
  • canada16
    canada16 Posts: 2,360
    Really ?

    Thought it was like pure alcohol
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  • joshtp
    joshtp Posts: 3,966
    lol, no. Turps is nasty stuff.



    if your gonna use anything on your rotor use Isopropyl alcohol.

    THAT is pure alcohol.
    I like bikes and stuff
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    No it's not, it's alchohol AND Iso, AND Propyl, hic :lol:
    Lovely with some orange juice.
  • robdaykin
    robdaykin Posts: 102
    May taste nice, but you'll go blind...

    Turps is probably better classified as an oil, being a distillate of wood resin. It may contain alcohol, but it's a fairly coarse fraction of the distillation, so it generally contains a right old mix.
    see http://msds.chem.ox.ac.uk/TU/turpentine.html for details.

    Similarly white spirit is not a good idea, before anyone suggests that.

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