What lubricant should I use on the brake caliper slide pins on my 2016 Dodge GC ?
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Bob (P.B.)
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Bob (P.B.)
Disc brake slide pin lube.
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sil-glyde
https://www.amazon.com/AGS-BK4-Brake-Lub...words=sil-glyde
Napa and others sell the same thing with their label on it.
wont swell the rubber on the guide pin.
https://www.amazon.com/AGS-BK4-Brake-Lub...words=sil-glyde
Napa and others sell the same thing with their label on it.
wont swell the rubber on the guide pin.
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I also use Sil-Glyde. Not saying it's the best, but it works for me.
Sil-glyde +3
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3M or Jet Lube silicone grease.
3m silicone brake lube
They come in the white all metals cans or plastic ones with black writing.
Either silicone or silicone and copper anti seize
They come in the white all metals cans or plastic ones with black writing.
Either silicone or silicone and copper anti seize
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Sil-Glyde +4
Originally Posted By: RF Overlord
Sil-Glyde +4
+4
I end up using Sil-Glyde on a lot of things where I need a dab or grease on my finger.
Sil-Glyde +4
+4
I end up using Sil-Glyde on a lot of things where I need a dab or grease on my finger.
They make caliper grease in small tubs, but any heavier grease will work, as long as it doesn't eat rubber. I actually think they sell small single use packages at the stores, and sometimes the pads come with a little tube.
Thanks.
I think Sil-Glyde it will be.
I think Sil-Glyde it will be.
I use this stuff
https://www.zoro.com/crc-synthetic-brake...mp;gclsrc=aw.ds
But have used anti seize before without issues. Haven't used Sil glyde for caliper pins before.
https://www.zoro.com/crc-synthetic-brake...mp;gclsrc=aw.ds
But have used anti seize before without issues. Haven't used Sil glyde for caliper pins before.
Originally Posted By: Rand
sil-glyde
https://www.amazon.com/AGS-BK4-Brake-Lub...words=sil-glyde
Napa and others sell the same thing with their label on it.
wont swell the rubber on the guide pin.
This
sil-glyde
https://www.amazon.com/AGS-BK4-Brake-Lub...words=sil-glyde
Napa and others sell the same thing with their label on it.
wont swell the rubber on the guide pin.
This
This is what I use and I feel it's the best and I've used the others
https://www.permatex.com/products/lubric...ts-lubricant-2/
"A 100% synthetic formula, coupled with real ceramic solids make this premium brake lubricant our longest lasting, most temperature resistant way to silence brake noise. Effective from -50°F to 3000°F (-46°C to 1649°C), this product maintains its lubricating integrity under the most extreme conditions. Resistant to corrosion and contaminants, it will not wash out. For metal-to-metal contact only. For metal-to-metal contact only. - See more at: https://www.permatex.com/products/lubric...h.1tqbksmL.dpuf
https://www.permatex.com/products/lubric...ts-lubricant-2/
"A 100% synthetic formula, coupled with real ceramic solids make this premium brake lubricant our longest lasting, most temperature resistant way to silence brake noise. Effective from -50°F to 3000°F (-46°C to 1649°C), this product maintains its lubricating integrity under the most extreme conditions. Resistant to corrosion and contaminants, it will not wash out. For metal-to-metal contact only. For metal-to-metal contact only. - See more at: https://www.permatex.com/products/lubric...h.1tqbksmL.dpuf
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Originally Posted By: Nissan101
Silicone spray, engine oil and there are some special grease i think.
DO NOT take this advice. Brake lube has to be able to handle high heat and not drip out on the braking surface. Silicone spray and engine oil are the WORST things to use!
Silicone spray, engine oil and there are some special grease i think.
DO NOT take this advice. Brake lube has to be able to handle high heat and not drip out on the braking surface. Silicone spray and engine oil are the WORST things to use!
Originally Posted By: GMBoy
Originally Posted By: Nissan101
Silicone spray, engine oil and there are some special grease i think.
DO NOT take this advice. Brake lube has to be able to handle high heat and not drip out on the braking surface. Silicone spray and engine oil are the WORST things to use!
... and engine oil may attack rubber parts.
Any good silicone grease should work.
Originally Posted By: Nissan101
Silicone spray, engine oil and there are some special grease i think.
DO NOT take this advice. Brake lube has to be able to handle high heat and not drip out on the braking surface. Silicone spray and engine oil are the WORST things to use!
... and engine oil may attack rubber parts.
Any good silicone grease should work.
I use some silicon grease that I bought in a motorbike shop in Rinku near Osaka airport.
IIRC, though, it had a fairly low temperature range (128C?)on the (lost) packaging, and may not actually be brake grease, though the counter guy said:-
HAI! Brakkuu-gris-UU!
which was a bit encouraging.
A translation by my GF's I-phone software says its for greasing the neck rings on fishing Cormorants that stop them from swallowing the fish. Cool.
Seriously. That's what it said. Gained In Translation, I assume.
I didn't want to use anti-seize since I'm not sure the oil in it is rubber compatible, so I rub the pins with aluminium foil which puts some aluminium dust on them, then I wrap them in PTFE threadseal tape.
Seems to work.
IIRC, though, it had a fairly low temperature range (128C?)on the (lost) packaging, and may not actually be brake grease, though the counter guy said:-
HAI! Brakkuu-gris-UU!
which was a bit encouraging.
A translation by my GF's I-phone software says its for greasing the neck rings on fishing Cormorants that stop them from swallowing the fish. Cool.
Seriously. That's what it said. Gained In Translation, I assume.
I didn't want to use anti-seize since I'm not sure the oil in it is rubber compatible, so I rub the pins with aluminium foil which puts some aluminium dust on them, then I wrap them in PTFE threadseal tape.
Seems to work.
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