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Old Jun 6, 2002
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Brake Dust

I am wondering something. Is there anyway to get rid of brake dust. I have white rims and the brake dust is killing me. I seriously have to wash my rims like 4 times a week in order for them to be clean. Is there anything I can do to solve this brake dust issue?
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change your pads to low dust pads
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[hr]Originally posted by: Phatster
I am wondering something. Is there anyway to get rid of brake dust. I have white rims and the brake dust is killing me. I seriously have to wash my rims like 4 times a week in order for them to be clean. Is there anything I can do to solve this brake dust issue?[hr]
I've had the same problem, you need to get your rear brakes adjusted. Whats happenning is that the rear brakes aren't making enough contact to the drums, which in turn is causing your front brakes to do the major "load" stopage.

Question? Is your parking brake lever going close to the "top" of the "pull"?

More than 2 or 3 clicks on the parking brake means that the rear brakes are out of adjustment. (If you have a manual Transmission)

Before I adjusted my rear brakes I noticed that if I pulled the Parking Brake Lever up 1 click when I was driving that I had much better braking, the pedal felt higher and I wasn't "nose diving" when I braked.

If you jack up one of your rear wheels and take your hand and spin the wheel and if keeps "spinning" for more than 40 seconds or so you need the rear brakes adjusted.

Let me know.
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Solar I appreciate the help. I have an automatic tranni though. I will do that test today though. So you are saying that if you ride with the parking brake up 1 click it will improve the brake dust problem or what? Let me know.
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get an aftermarket brake system with performance pads.. if not, get darker color rims
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