Thu Jun 11, 2020 2:30 pm
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Another good rust remover is borax. It dissolves the rust and leaves the surface clean but pitted. Used on the old, old bike that had sat in the brambles for 30 years. Deox-C is one brand name but you can get the raw material easy enough.
Now - I have in the past repaired calipers using chemical metal squeegeed into the walls with a Stanley blade. Once set, a quick sand and hone and you are back to a new caliper. I qualify this by saying the caliper was probably impossible to source easily.
Original question asked which brakes I would use - Grove every time. family run, great to work with on special projects, we designed and had made a new undercarriage for a Brandli Cherry. Robbie is a brilliant Engineer and his gun drilled RV8 undercarriage legs are a work of art.
I add a little excitement, a little spice to your lives and all you do is complain - Q