i just changed my brake drums, and i would like to know if there's a finish i can put on them to keep them from rusting up like my old ones. they arent painted or anything, they just look nice and clean now and i'd like to keep em that way! ps. winters coming, so i'd like to protect them!
How do i keep my brake drums from rusting?
They have paint at most local auto parts stores just for brake parts. Just clean them and paint.
How do i keep my brake drums from rusting?
Why not just paint them black? That's what I always did and they didn't rust and looked good through the wheels. If you want to keep the look of the metal without the drums rusting, use a good quality clear coat.
We used to coat exhaust manifolds and headers in automatic transmission fluid and let them reach operating temperature to saturate the metal. Worked well at stopping them from rusting.
Hammerite paint is a rust inhibitor and has a metallic finish and it comes in quite a lot of colors which might even match your body work color.
eastwood company has mat clear for them when restoring cars some parts are not painted from factory so i use this mat clear.clean with brake clean first then soap n water dry then clear
Rub salty peanuts on them.
Paint them with an ultra-high temperature paint. Get it at any auto parts store.
