Pizzano

Just wondering if there is a special lube that goes onto the bolt that goes through the caliper, when I remove it it was lubed up, can a multipurpose grease be used such as a universal wheel bearing type grease, or should I use a synthetic grease.

The grease I have now is the valvoline red multi purpose grease, will this be sufficient.

thnx

JEEP/C5

I think i would still get the caliper grease. It is a high temp grease to withstand the high temp your brakes will create and it is used on the back of pads and shims to keep brake noise down (squeaking).

rws.1

Autzone sells a little foil packet of brake grease good for 4 corners for $1....
My AC Durastops came with the grease.

TPR492

Just got mine from Autozone in the little foil packets.
One packet is good for 2 brackets w/ alittle left over.
Its high temp made for this purpose.

Pizzano

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB..._BIN_Stores_IT

Look at this ad, scroll down to where it shows the Pad packages, it shows a packet of grease, I do believe this is for the pads, the grease I am refering to is on the caliper pin bolts, the bolts that go through the caliper Frame and the caliper itself, when I took the bolts out to remove the calipers, it looks like a dark colored grease.

GUSTO14

Almost any grease used here is going to turn dark from brake dust alone. I clean the sliders good and have used Never-Seize, anti-seize compound on these for many years with great success.

GUSTO

JEEP/C5

Use the same brake grease on everything.

Cobra4B

I use anti-seize and I do lots of brake fiddleing w/ my HPDE use.

Bill Curlee

The correct grease is the synthetic brake caliper grease that is specifically made for this purpose!!

Regular grease will boil out under hard braking and cause the caliper pins to hang up on the calipers. In some of the older brake calipers, using the wrong grease would cause the O rings to swell and cause the breaks to over heat destroying the pads and rotors!!

Also make sure that the pin boots are in good condition!

Bill C

RonJ

Permatex makes an excellent caliper/pin lube, it's synthetic and has a melting point around a gazillion degrees.

It even comes in different size containers.

RonJ ...

Pizzano

Thanx,

Yes I found the permatex lube at Autozone, its dark colored.

Mad_Maxxx

Your multi purpose grease is OK for now, but I would clean it off and put some grease specifically for brakes to handle the high temperature change. Molylube 16 is basically the industry standard(its dark graphite grey), but more companies are coming out with synthetics grease of all different colors(our shop has this light blue synth. that I don't care for much.) I used to used Slyglide from Napa when I could get my hands on it, I loved that stuff. It's silicone based, so it's imperative to water. Put grease on ALL metal-to-metal pad-to-caliper surfaces(on back and sides of pads). This allows the pads to "move around" and helps lower squeals and noises(high pitched vibrations).