Reviving contaminated brake pads

I didn't get any responses in another thread so I'll ask it here:

Has anyone tried cooking out contaminants in disc brake pads on the kitchen
stove set on high?

This trick works wonders for previously deemed shot mountain bicycle disc
brake pads contaminated with grease and oil.

 

Bad idea! Motorcycle brakes are too critical for this sort of
"saving". Once you got oil on the pads, throw away and get new
ones.
As someone else said: Learn from the mistakes others do, life
is too short to do them all yourself.

 

FFS. Buy new ones.

 

For once, I agree with The Older Gentleman, and I even think he put it a
bit too mildly!

-----sharks

 

Dont' worry everyone... it was hypothetical... my pads are fine and I won't
mysteriously disappear tomorrow...

 

You can pour metho over them, then light it. the heat draws out the oil
etc. wipe them clean then do it again.

 

This only works if you apply WD40 to the pads before refitting,
otherwise the oil contamination reappears. The WD40 acts as a barrier.

 

Wonder who will squeal the loudest, when push comes to shove?? you or
the pads?????
If you think your neck is worth risking on a couple of squirts of
meths, go for it...................
(Please post address, so I can send flowers, card,etc...........)

 

Jesus, it's true. The Yanks really don't do irony. Or they think it's
something to do with skillets.

 

Don't try it.
The effectivness of the baking depends on the boiling point of the
contaminants.
(Motor oil boils @ 400+F., some greases, much higher), and the
vaporization may
proceed slowly. How long is long enough?
Are you sure there's no moly or lithium,or graphite involved?.
You're betting a lot on the answers.
MadDog