Best Brake - paste lubricant

[Ndx]

Hi Friends,

What is best lube for breaks, back pad, sliders, pads ears.

I have some 3M silicone… but reading around here Silicone/Moly based product is recommended.

Molykote M-77 I can’t source it in small container…

I can get CRC stuff but that’s 3% Moly

I have some Permatex purple/blue but apparently that is no no do to issues with rubber boots

Thank you

 

[Warstud]

I'd use up the 3M silicone then get Silglide

 

[doitmyself]

3M Silicone is highly recommended at BITOG for the caliper pins that are enclosed with accordian-like rubber bushings. Mission silicone has a fan base here also.

Molykote M-77 is highly recommended at BITOG for the metal-to-metal, exposed to the environment brake components.

Honda Molykote M-77 is available in small tubes for under $20. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=honda+moly+m77+paste

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Or, you can figure out which one to choose from the next dozens & dozens of posts stating "I use this" on my brakes. Many, many, many threads here on this subject.

 

[Hall]

No such thing as "best". All you'll get are people's opinions. Use what you have or go to the auto parts store and pick a name-brand product spec'd for brake work.

 

[Rand]

I use pastelub(40+% solids lube.) on everything except where the caliper pins have the rubber dust covers I use sil-glyde.

1 can of pastelub is lifetime for me.
https://goodson.com/products/bpl-2400-pastelub-brake-lubricant

 

[spasm3]

I have used sil-glyde, now i use Mission silicone grease.

 

[930.engineering]

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Up to 2900°F!
Probably ot ideal for your sliding pins, but perhaps ideal for the rest:

IF you can obtain it!
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[doitmyself]

I use pastelub(40+% solids lube.) on everything except where the caliper pins have the rubber dust covers I use sil-glyde.

1 can of pastelub is lifetime for me.
https://goodson.com/products/bpl-2400-pastelub-brake-lubricant

Hey Rand, on my most recent delivery of Pastelub, the formula has changed. It's a different color and consistency - very stringy/sticky. This concerns me. Time will tell.

 

[Trav]

Over the years I have tried many and always end up using the CRC on ears and external sliding surfaces and Mission silicone for the sliding pins, no problems with water washout or sticking pins due to damaged rubber boots.

https://www.amazon.com/CRC-Brake-Caliper-Grease/dp/B09XKW264V

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016E5E59...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

 

[edyvw]

Are you using it on 7 series with floating calipers? Those are ATE calipers. Sliding pins should be only cleaned thoroughly not lubricated.

 

[Rand]

Hey Rand, on my most recent delivery of Pastelub, the formula has changed. It's a different color and consistency - very stringy/sticky. This concerns me. Time will tell.

have you emailed them about it? maybe they would replace it?

 

[doitmyself]

have you emailed them about it? maybe they would replace it?

I emailed GWR Auto who is listed as the U.S. distributor. His website is ancient and I question if he still exists.

The manufacturer is Ingralub in Switzerland: https://igralub.ch/?page_id=3104&lang=en
I might contact their U.S. headquarters: https://igralub.ch/?page_id=3117&lang=en

Their websites don't match (products) and take a bit of digging to find details.

 

[Ndx]

Are you using it on 7 series with floating calipers? Those are ATE calipers. Sliding pins should be only cleaned thoroughly not lubricated.

Yup, and thx I did see this in TIS but super think layer should not hurt anything

 

[edyvw]

Yup, and thx I did see this in TIS but super think layer should not hurt anything

It will collect dirt and make it stick to it.
Just thoroughly clean and if pins are bad, replace them. Make sure boots are not cracked.

 

[Elgato]

Noticed that the 3M is no longer available on Amazon. Their site says it is an industrial product and not intended for consumer sale or use. I have a jar that is a few years old. It is about half full but starting to solidify. Considering the Raybestos or Mission.

 

[Luftmasse]

Just get Mission silicone paste or the equivalent.

 

[Elgato]

Just get Mission silicone paste or the equivalent.

I think you are right. Mission looks good and so does the Raybestos. The 3M is over $30 now.

 

[Elgato]

The OEM Honda pads come with a packet of some kind of lube. Is it suitable for pin lubrication?

 

[The Critic]

The OEM Honda pads come with a packet of some kind of lube. Is it suitable for pin lubrication?

No, that product is only for the brake pad shims.

 

[buck91]

Always silicone paste on the slide pins- Motorcraft, 3M and Mission have all been good.

I've tried everything on the pad ears and nothing seems to help or do much. If it resists wash out then it just gums up with dirt and dust. Although I do find it almost totally necessary to put some anti seize on the caliper brackets behind the abutment clips to prevent rust build up. Without it, the rust will cause clearances to shrink and the pad ears to freeze up in the brackets.