Super Lube Silicone Brake Grease Shelf Life

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If anyone is interested, I just asked the Super Lube folks what the shelf life is on their "Silicone Lubricating Brake Grease" is...the very quick response was 5 years (thank you!). If you are like me, you bought brake grease back in the day and have been using the same tube forever...so, this means out with the old Super Lube and my upcoming brake job will have new, shiny grease on the caliper pins (still investigating putting lube on the pad ears..seems to be a 3-way split of opinion on that one: Moly/Silicone/Nothing).
Now, on to Permatex about their Anti-Seize..yes I bought the large container with the brush back in 198x and am still using it! ;)
 
I have an 8 oz tube of Super Lube about three years old and sure seems to separate a lot.
Every time I go to use it it squirts out clear liquid before the white grease comes out.
I've tried laying it down and standing it upright and doesn't seem to make a difference.
I like it otherwise.
 
I just bought a tube of their Brake Lube to try out, not realizing how large it is. There are a few lifetimes of grease there for most DIY.

I also have a tube of dielectric grease from at least 20 years ago, and tub of Ceramlub from 15 years ago, that are still working fine.

I don't think silicone grease will really ever go bad a room temp.

I like silicone grease for the pins, and CRC Silaramic for the back of the pads and ears. High solids like Moly paste or Ceramlub for the ears / pad backs should also work well.
 
Tempest1 said:
I just bought a tube of their Brake Lube to try out, not realizing how large it is. There are a few lifetimes of grease there for most DIY.

I also have a tube of dielectric grease from at least 20 years ago, and tub of Ceramlub from 15 years ago, that are still working fine.

I don't think silicone grease will really ever go bad a room temp.

I like silicone grease for the pins, and CRC Silaramic for the back of the pads and ears. High solids like Moly paste or Ceramlub for the ears / pad backs should also work well.
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Not Silaramic for the pins also? The bottle says it's good for the pins...I noticed that CRC also makes Sta-Lube
 
Just used my new 12oz tub of AGS Sil-Glyde this morning. I think this tub will last me a very very long time. Shelf life stored properly is minimum 5 years but I've heard longer just stir it up with a screwdriver if it separates.
 
after spending waaay to long on the internet reading up on brake lubes, I think I'll get the Super Lube...it's silicone and PTFE, which is also in the AC/Delco/Raybestos products that get good reviews on here. The old tube of Super Lube I have is an older generation product, but it always worked well for me...plus looks like it is made in the USA!
 
Surfdog4 said:
after spending waaay to long on the internet reading up on brake lubes, I think I'll get the Super Lube...it's silicone and PTFE, which is also in the AC/Delco/Raybestos products that get good reviews on here. The old tube of Super Lube I have is an older generation product, but it always worked well for me...plus looks like it is made in the USA!
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Exactly I got duped with the same situation, Was using a 100% silicone lubricant now I finally decided to go with the Sil-Glyde.
 
Changed the brake pads on my 2018 Traverse...did use the Super Lube Silicone, seems to work fine. Also used it on the wheel/rotor surface as the rear wheels had become "attached" I like the idea of a dielectric grease (instead of the standby antisieze) because of all the dissimilar metals on cars.
 
dippschtick said:
I have an 8 oz tube of Super Lube about three years old and sure seems to separate a lot.
Every time I go to use it it squirts out clear liquid before the white grease comes out.
I've tried laying it down and standing it upright and doesn't seem to make a difference.
I like it otherwise.
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white? The Super Lube I got is clear Silicone, like RTV
 
AGS sil-glyde starts out a light yellow/clear and shortly oxidizes to dark amber
 
Reloader59 said:
Mission silicone grease
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X2. Syl glyde gives up in a year and the purple permatex froze a pin so solid I had to use a torch to get it out. I just checked my pins from last spring using mission and they’re still lubed to perfection.
 
D1dad said:
Syl glyde gives up in a year
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Gives up where does it go? Agree on the purple ceramic goop way too thick for a slide pin bore and just plain unsightly and messy no place that junk would be found on my brake work. I have used a silicone paste lubricant similar to mission to my experience it done no better or worse over sil-glyde.
 
DCDG said:
Gives up where does it go? Agree on the purple ceramic goop way too thick for a slide pin bore and just plain unsightly and messy no place that junk would be found on my brake work. I have used a silicone paste lubricant similar to mission to my experience it done no better or worse over sil-glyde.
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Doesn’t lubricate. I had rear pins that weren’t froze but not far from it after a year. Turned into a hard yellow sludge where as mission acted as if I just did the pins.
 
D1dad said:
Doesn’t lubricate. I had rear pins that weren’t froze but not far from it after a year. Turned into a hard yellow sludge where as mission acted as if I just did the pins.
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This is what I have similar to the mission silicone
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DCDG said:
This is what I have similar to the mission silicone
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That’ll work. Good temp swing and shouldn’t boil off, which I think is the issue with syl glide. I’ve got syl glide on the front of my 18 rogue that I need to get out of there. I did a pin swap in an advance auto parking lot in Nashville on the way to Pensacola and that’s all they had without buying a huge tub that I already had back home. The pins were reversed (my own fault) and were causing a vibration.
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