Post your favorite greases for a brake job

[Donald]

I use a few.

1) Sil-Glyde on pins and boots for the pins
2) Permatex purple on the pad ears (less is better)
3) Molykote M77 under SS clips painted on with an artist's brush
4) red Muscle grease on the hub

The grade on pad ears could be debated. You want the pad ears to move easily along the SS clips but don't want the grease to attract road dirt. Catch-22. May depend upon if in the rust belt or not, or if driven a lot on dirt or gravel roads.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

The packet that comes with the pads for the pad ears

Sil-Glyde for everything else, and also when the pads don't come with a grease packet

 

[JeffKeryk]

I lube the pad ears and clips. I also inspect, clean and lube the brakes periodically so dirt buildup is not an issue.
Pretty easy to flip up caliper sor the service.

 

[Tomioka]

Permatex 'Orange' Silicone Ceramic Extreme Grease on everything.
Anti-Seize for the occasional rotor to hub facing but with newer coated rotors that maybe going away.

 

[Soft Cars]

What do you put on the back of the pad that contacts the caliper piston?

 

[Warstud]

From all the posts I read on the Subject ....... it looks like a majority are happy with Sil Glyde . As far as attracting dirt .......... not an issue . I'm not looking to get 300k miles on a set of brake pads .

 

[FishFry]

Lard for everything

 

[Dave9]

Raybestos DBL-2T on everything. Attracting dirt isn't an issue here, but keeping rust slowed down is, particularly under the pad ear, slide rail clips.

However I often don't put grease on the back of pads if they have an anti-vibration shim built on.

 

[tyman]

Right now, permatex green

 

[Nick1994]

I just use Sil-Glyde for it all

 

[Luftmasse]

Silicone Paste:
-Mission Automotive
-3M

Permatex Grease:
-Purple
-Orange

 

[Donald]

I am not sure Sil-Glyde is the best for under the SS clips. A mechanic says they use anti-seize. I use the Molykote M77 as previously mentioned.

I think a lot of the products I use came from South Main Auto.

 

[paulo57509]

Lubriplate for backing plates for drum brakes; silicone brake lube for everything else. If rebuilding the calipers or cylinders and they're going to sit unused for a while, I'll re-assemble using brake assembly lube.

 

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

That purple stuff is 100% pure garbage.

 

[AutoMechanic]

Sil-Glyde for the slide pins. Permatex Green for the pad ears.

 

[Mekks]

 

[nthach]

Toyota Rubber Grease or Dow 111 for slide pins, Molykote AS880N/M77 or Permatex Ceramic/moly silicone for the pad backs and shims.

 

[The Critic]

That purple stuff is 100% pure garbage.

It seems to work semi-decently well as a noise dampener. Other than that, I agree.

 

[spasm3]

That's what i use on caliper pins. I like it better than sil-glyde.

 

[nthach]

That purple stuff is 100% pure garbage.

I used it for drum brake backing plates, seems to work OK for that.