Brake fluid and tires

Hi,

I have a pretty nice Avon Roadrider, my caliper appears to have leaked and some of the fluid dripped onto the tire and the tire has had brake fluid on a spot on the tread for months, probably. It's not a lot of brake fluid. The level in the master cylinder has hardly dropped. I'm wondering about the effect on the rubber, if I'll have a slick spot on the tire. Does anyone know? I'm thinking about replacing it as a precaution.

-Eric

Think of brake fluid as acid. It eats into paint and if rubber ,hurts it. Wipe it clean and inspect where it dripped onto. Only you can decide whether the tire is useable or not . :|

Scrub the spot with a little Dawn dishwashing detergent and rinse with clean water

Do not need to detergent scrub brake fluid off just wipe off to clean whole tire to match and ride a bit careful for a few 100 yd. When my finaces were sucked down d/t ongoing life support failures so using any old hard cracking half bald tire that held air I used special rubber solvent spray intended for tires on ice/snow conditions to soften the surface so THE Gravel could turn it to fresh fuzzy texture before hitting pavement and worked a treat. I had to leave this solvent on for hours prior or would not soften deep enough to matter. Rubber is very hard to find solvents for that can even soften it over a season and I think its the acetone in brake fluid that makes it such a worry on paint and rubber over time. Wet oil on tire surface you can wipe off is bad juju but oil-solvent softened rubber that don't wirpe off is the cat's meow.