Posts Tagged: brake grease
Why you should never use copper anti seize on brakes
Why Copper Anti Seize is Not Recommended for Brakes Several YouTubers show copper anti-seize being used to lubricate caliper slide pins. They’re dead wrong in recommending anti-seize for brakes. In fact, using anti-seize grease on your brakes can actually cause the problems you’re trying to avoid. Here’s why anti-seize grease is the wrong product to use on your brakes: • Anti-seize is not a lubricant and should never be used to lubricate sliding/rotating parts. • It’s petroleum-based, so it degrades and swells the caliper pin rubber boots, caliper pin rubber … Read More
Brake grease — What Grease to Use on Brakes
Choosing the Right Brake Grease: A Guide for Brake Jobs When you apply your brakes, parts move. All those moving parts require some type of lubricant to ease movement and prevent friction and noise. Many people are confused over which brake grease to use and where to apply it when doing during a brake job. Here’s the scoop. Clean these brake caliper and abutment areas first The brake caliper bracket and brake abutment areas rust over time. Rust expands as it forms and that expansion can reduce the clearances between … Read More
Why Brake Grease is Vital for Caliper Operation
Brake grease is a special synthetic high-temp lube for lubricating brake parts Using the right brake grease is critical to maintaining proper caliper operation. The right brake grease lubricates sliding parts, prevents rust, dampens brake vibration, reduces squeal, withstands high temperatures and doesn’t degrade rubber parts. Where you need brake lube Apply rubber safe grease to the caliper slide pins Brake grease on the slide pins prevents corrosion, lubricates the slide pins to allow for full release, and prevents rust. The lube must be rated safe for rubber/nitrile/neoprene contact or … Read More