Grease for calpier slide pins and contact points?

[Creekside]

I've been using this for years now. It works great on all steel brake caliper pins. Repeat, all steel slide pins.
I was refreshing my sons brakes this past weekend. His car has the one pin with the rubber bushing. ( for vibration I believe.) I had to use a pair of pliers and use a lot of force to get the pin out. ( Same on the other side as well.) The rubber bushings had expanded. I know the manufacture says it is safe for rubber , but I'm not alone in saying otherwise. I'll be switching to something else.

I actually use this for lubing pto shafts when they are removed for maintenance among other similar uses. Picked a can up cheap somewhere and its been around ever since.

 

[jonlandrum]

I've been using this for years now. It works great on all steel brake caliper pins. Repeat, all steel slide pins.
I was refreshing my sons brakes this past weekend. His car has the one pin with the rubber bushing. ( for vibration I believe.) I had to use a pair of pliers and use a lot of force to get the pin out. ( Same on the other side as well.) The rubber bushings had expanded. I know the manufacture says it is safe for rubber , but I'm not alone in saying otherwise. I'll be switching to something else.

As a former computational chemist, it makes me happy that this product is made by the same folks who publish the "rubber book".

Edit #1: Well, darn. I was wrong. This whole time I thought the two companies were related, but apparently the CRC grease company is not related to the CRC rubber company (!?) in any way that I can tell.

Edit #2: CRC the Brakleen and grease company stands for "Corrosion Reaction Consultants, Inc." and were established in 1958 [1], so that definitely rules out any connection to the Chemical Rubber Company, founded in 1903 [2].

[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181854/http://www.crcindustries.com/files/thecrcstory.pdf
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRC_Press

 

[twouvakind]

Sil-Glyde here. I've used it on three brake jobs now, and have been very pleased with the results. Although after reading this thread I might have to reconsider when I do the rear brakes on my Jeep. Those are next in line but still have some meat on them.

Exactly, what about Syl-Glyde!? Keep it simple.

 

[demarpaint]

Exactly, what about Syl-Glyde!? Keep it simple.

Syl-Glyde for the pins, and Permatex Green grease that I used in the past for caliper/pad areas requiring grease. I'm sticking to what worked for me in the past.