Rotor rust removall?
 

Anyone know what is this best and easy way the get rid of the rust on my should've been zinc plated rotors(NOT) :mad:.Yeah I know take off the wheels steel wool them and paint ,blah blah blah!!. now that she's in the garage I was hoping there is an easy way to remove the rust without all the rotor removing stuff(just a temp fix)I know :eek: just don't have the time right now for the rotor removal/paint project. I know there are rust removing sprays! I guess what i'm asking is are rust removing sprays O.K. to use while the wheels are on the car and what harm they might cause? IE: brake pads ,calipers,etc.? :confused:

They must be pretty bad....I take it going for a drive isn't an option?

1 vote for driving it.

Let me reiterate! My BAD, it's only the part that is between the rotor and the drum( what the h**L is that part called , I'M Gonna say the HUB ;) not the whole rotor itself ,Just the main part of the hub . My rotors where to have a Zinc Plating, But with this rust developement I know they were not. I was hopeing i could use a rust remover spray,to remove the surface rust from the elements! It's not as bad as I might have made it sound ! :p I was just pissed off because they said the rotor were Zinc Plated and after the typical 2 months I now have rust :mad: !I kwow they have sprays to remove rust , I just want to make sure that these products won't damage my calipers ,etc. :confused:

I have a set that were spray painted on the hub part that you are talking about. They used caliper paint on them (high heat) so it would last longer. They look much better than the rust you are talking about. You would probably have to remove them, spray with a rust cleaner and steel brush them and then paint. Mine are black and look fine, but a silver would look good too. Good luck. :) :)

i just painted the calipers and rotor hats on the wife's WRX this past weekend, it makes a HUGE difference appearance-wise. i should have done it when the car was new - had to get all the rust and corrosion off with a wire-brush cup on the drill, sandpaper, and steel wool - PITA. i used a high temp paint that needed to "cure" in an oven, but i had more fun curing it by getting the brakes good and hot. ;) :D

you don't need to mask off the rotor where the pad hits - any excess will be removed after some braking.

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I was afraid you would tell me that Earl :eek: ;)

So I'm sure you took the calipers off but it sounds like in your post that you left the rotors on the car?? They look really nice btw :D

94SVXRED,

I would suggest that if you were able to get the rust off with a rust remover (leaving the rotors on the car), that in no time at all, they would again be rusty - if they were not properly prepared and painted. Properly prepared and painted obviously requires the rotors to be "OFF" the car.

Also, some shops (auto parts / machine shops and the like) can "dip" the rotors for you ( I believe the same dip for cleaning engine blocks and other parts) to remove grease and rust and everything else in prep for painting. You just have to handle them with gloves (clean ones) until painted. And the painting has to be done fairly soon, otherwise, the rust begins again.

Harry

Thanks Harry And everyone else for thier replies. Just was looking for the easy way out but what needs to done needs to be done!! :p ;)

i can assure you that removing the two bolts that hold the caliper on and removing the rotor will be a hell of a lot easier than masking everything off and trying to paint around the calipers somehow. :) this IS the easy way out. :D

If you're really looking for the slug way to do it just get some Rust-Oleum hi-temp bbq paint and spray directly over the rust. To hades with the prep and masking, whatever overspray gets on the rotor face will soon be polished off by the pads. No long term ill effects, maybe a few heavy grunting stops and then it's all back to business as usual. On occasion we get drums and rotors that are painted as a rust preventative during shipping. Only two alternatives - cut them on the lathe or smoke the paint off. Guess which way we prefer. ;)

Give your most difficult jobs to the laziest worker - they will always figure out the easiest way to complete the task.