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Any file recommendations please?

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  • October 15, 2017 at 9:38 am #27740
    dottigirl

    For brake pads – taking the glaze off. 

    Seeing as I’ll be heading to Toolstation for some thread lock, what kind of file should I be looking at? My current ones are nabbed from old toolboxes, have no handle and are past their best.

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  • October 21, 2017 at 8:08 pm #904409
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    Woldsman

     I use P120 sandpaper. Having

     I use P120 sandpaper. Having blown a rim on a rear wheel I’ve become been especially careful to look after my rims and brake blocks. I keep meaning to get a hook and pick set to winkle out the little shards of rim fragment and other junk that the pads pick up. (Screwfix do a set by Teng.)  I’m not sure that a file is necessarily the best tool for the job. 

    October 21, 2017 at 7:30 pm #904407
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    RMurphy195

    Fine sandpaper (120 grit),

    Fine sandpaper (120 grit), have it on a flat surface,hold the pad flat on it, and then rub the pad across the sandpaper, not the other way round.

    October 19, 2017 at 7:59 am #904405
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    theironduck
    Leviathan wrote:
    .xls .doc .gpx and .jpeg are all my favourites.

    Wot no .tcx?

    October 18, 2017 at 9:54 pm #904403
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    BarryBianchi

    The block paving on my drive

    The block paving on my drive is perfect.

    October 17, 2017 at 8:44 am #904401
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    peted76
    kevvjj wrote:
    I just use the concrete floor…

    I like this man ^^ he gotz the sense.

    October 15, 2017 at 7:52 pm #904399
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    CXR94Di2
    Grahamd wrote:
    I just use my stubble.

    We don’t know if she is hirsute or not 🙂

    October 15, 2017 at 7:23 pm #904397
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    Anonymous

    I just use the concrete floor

    I just use the concrete floor…

    October 15, 2017 at 6:18 pm #904395
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    Grahamd

    I just use my stubble.

    I just use my stubble.

    October 15, 2017 at 3:51 pm #904393
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    youngoldbloke

    Just use emery boards (as

    Just use emery boards (as used for fingernails).

    October 15, 2017 at 3:18 pm #904391
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    Canyon48

    Pretty much anything.

    Pretty much anything.

    I used 250 grit sandpaper. Don’t use anything super fine like polishing sticks or wet and dry though!

    October 15, 2017 at 12:12 pm #904389
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    StraelGuy

    I think you’re overthinking

    I think you’re overthinking this dottigirl. Any fairly fine to medium file would do the job perfectly.

    October 15, 2017 at 11:57 am #904387
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    Leviathan

    .xls .doc .gpx and .jpeg are

    .xls .doc .gpx and .jpeg are all my favourites.

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