http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: hydraulic brake pads - Recent Topics en Wed, 13 May 2026 05:11:46 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11237#post-126390 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 20:53:59 +0000 Greenroofer 126390@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have Shimano hydraulic disc brakes on my commuter bike. Something contaminated the rear brake, and it went from working to being squealing and ineffectual over a couple of days last week. I think it might be oil off the chain, but I don't know. Annoyingly this is a relatively new set of pads, so they would have had a lot of life in them.</p> <p>I've cleaned off the rotor and put some new pads on and all is working fine.</p> <p>Question is, can I rescue the old pads? They are 'metal' pads (Shimano calls them 'M06') and I've read all kinds of stuff on the internet saying I can recover them by setting them alight with meths, or roasting them in an oven. I think the idea is that it carbonises the oil or grease that's absorbed into the pad.</p> <p>Have you got any experience of this? Do you know if it actually <em>works</em>? Have you got any tips for recovering these pads, or should they just go in the bin?</p> <p>It's annoying, because they are quite expensive to replace (particularly because when I went online today to order a new pair of pads, I 'accidentally' bought some new pedals too...) </p>