The wife's car is due for MOT in a couple of weeks. Last year the mechanic pointed out that the rear discs were begining to rust slightly, but said they might clean up fine for next year.
Any ideas of the best way to do this?
Cheers.

 

The simplest way is to go for a drive and give them a good workout.
When you approach a junction ride the handbrake slightly once you've slowed up a bit.(just make sure nobody's right behind you.)
You could find an empty car park or simply find an empty road,get some speed up and do a few brisk stops.
You could also take the discs off and get some wet and dry to clean them up.

Danny.

 

Or google any places near you that skim brake disks........There is a UK franchise for this but for the life of me I can't remember the name LOL

Shun

 

Have you priced up new ones as might not be worth the hassle

 

As above, a pair of rear discs can be had very cheap. I had a pair of Black Panther drilled and grooved from '2fast2Cool.com'. I was very surprised at the quality and cost me just £50 delivered.

 

ah........just noticed you mentioned rear disks......mine came from Alyn at www.asperformance.com cheaper than Matty's

Shaun

PS Paint the centres with hammerite to stop rust LOL

 

Thanks for all the info and helpful links.

 

Check if you handbrake operates the caliper before you go yanking on it, as some scoobies have brake shoes as well as pads on the rear! In which case you can yank on that e-brake all you want but it won't clean the disk!

 

Emery cloth, but as said, may just be easier to replace them.

Tony

 

A few runs in reverse, braking hard each time, may help. As the rears are the 'leading' brakes, they will load up a bit more than usual.

JohnD