newlyAMG

Hard to find anything "brake" related on here that's not either "which pads to use" or "best lightweight rotors"

My question for the group: Have you guys ever/do you need to periodically clean out the drilled holes in the rotors? I was looking the other day while washing and noticed the holes appear to be at this point completely clogged with caked-in dust. Still life left in the pads from what I can see, though I'll look closer at that too.

Is it a combo of the amount of dust and maybe moisture on wet days? Is it normal that they get plugged up like that? and would I just spray some cleaner and use something to knock/wipe it outa there?

Thanks guys!

Quadcammer

just stab the build up with a small phillips head screwdriver. shouldn't be a big deal.

newlyAMG

figured it was pretty straight forward, just wanted some feedback if there was anything i should be aware of or if the clogging of the rotors was very out of the ordinary

e55amgrocket

best way is to use a blow gun to blow the brake dust out. Make sure rotors are cool when you do it.

Quadcammer

nope, happens all the time to drilled rotors

bekurt

Also, you can try using brake cleaner or a wheel cleaner.

newlyAMG

thanks guys, hope everyone is enjoying the cooler weather, my morning commutes in central VA are mid-high 40s these days