Restore Rubber With Brake Fluid

A test using brake fluid to restore old rubber parts having never tried this before i thought it would be interesting to see whether it does actually work so i decided to test it myself.

Restore rubber with brake fluid.

It is often cheaper and easier to replace the. Isn t perfect but makes it more pliable so it can work. Ok the test is over and this is what i found the method i took two rubber gromets from the fuel tank on my kawasaki that had aged and gone hard and brittle. Rubber car parts can also be soaked in clean power steering fluid since the purpose of the fluid is to maintain the rubber seals in the system.

Water and moisture also penetrate rubber brake hoses through microscopic pores which are too small for fluid to leak out of but large enough. Brake fluid it has a rubber preservative in it. That said over time natural rubber will tend to dry out stiffen and crack. James 07 11 2008 12 27 pm 11.

However it is possible to restore a damaged rubber seal and extend its lifespan with proper care and maintenance. Works great and is cheep. Rubber trim on old cars may be rejuvenated with a tire dressing product like back to black or a rubber dye like forever black. The inside of the intake trumpets felt like plastic they didn t bent at all.

On my cb400f the original boots and rubbers around the intake box were getting old and stiff. How to often rubber with brake fluid. Natural rubber is made from the sap of the rubber tree which is drained off heated and formed into rubber parts. Moisture enters the brake system in several ways.

I want to clean them up the best i can and maybe restore some of the oils in the rubber that has been lost over the years. Grime dirt and other forms of debris are bad for the rubber and will eventually cause it to deteriorate. Rubber has many uses. Wipe the seals with a clean soft cloth.

Yes brake fluid works to restore rubber. The vent in the master cylinder cap using cans of brake fluid that were left open master cylinders that are opened to the atmosphere for too long etc. I suspect the rubber is buna n started out as a 40 50 durometer in hardness now about 80 90 duro. It is water resistant flexible strong and elastic.