Toyota- Question about caliper slide pin bushing.

[Twisted1]

I used to use anti-seize and switched to Sil-Glyde about 15 years ago. VWs, Audis, Ford Escape and Ram trucks, no issues. All those caliper slides did have the machined flats.

I used it successfully as well on all of my Ford’s, but after this little debacle with the Camry, I’m switching over to Toyota rubber grease with it, and the Ford’s I’ll switch to either Mission or Wurth Silicone grease.

 

[D60]

SilGlyde just doesn't hold up. The AC Delco stuff is sweet and all I use right now. I might not buy from Amazon, but example:
https://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-10-4019-Silicone-Brake-Lubricant/dp/B0026JK8FU

 

[Twisted1]

SilGlyde just doesn't hold up. The AC Delco stuff is sweet and all I use right now. I might not buy from Amazon, but example:
https://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-10-4019-Silicone-Brake-Lubricant/dp/B0026JK8FU

That’s another I’ve read rave reviews about. Thanks for the link

 

[D1dad]

I had my pin with the rubber and the regular pin reversed after lubing them up. Caused a decent vibration over 80mph, almost like I lost a wheel weight. I knew that wasn’t the case as it popped up after my handy work. That rubber is there for a reason, at least on my car.

 

[Twisted1]

I had my pin with the rubber and the regular pin reversed after lubing them up. Caused a decent vibration over 80mph, almost like I lost a wheel weight. I knew that wasn’t the case as it popped up after my handy work. That rubber is there for a reason, at least on my car.

I have about 500’ish miles on the car since posting this with about 3/4 of those miles being freeway. No vibrations so far. A local Toyota tech that has been working on these cars for almost 3 decades mentioned that in his experience, the rubber acts a buffer to stop a clicking noise (which I have yet to hear) and to give the brake pedal a firmer feel.

 

[malibuguy79]

I remove them on all of my little Toyotas, but leave them in on my Highlander. The clicks usually are first application of the day or sometimes after a direction change. Just subtle enough where if your not paying attention you may not even notice.

 

[MrkofXcellence]

I've always cleaned the bores and then applied hi temp silicone grease to the slide bolts. If you look closely at the bolt with the red arrow you will see 'flats' machined into the sides, these hold a reserve of grease.

I’ve always wondered what those flats were for on caliper pins!

 

[MrkofXcellence]

SilGlyde just doesn't hold up. The AC Delco stuff is sweet and all I use right now. I might not buy from Amazon, but example:
https://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-10-4019-Silicone-Brake-Lubricant/dp/B0026JK8FU

This is exactly what I use. The same can has been with me since 2004. I now dip a qtip into the bottle though to grease the friction points (where the pads slide) on caliper brackets. When I used the built in brush it immediately puts dirt into the grease. Du’uh!!!!! Only took me 10 years to figure that out.

 

[Patrick0525]

If this is the same as Toyota soap grease or whatever they use at the factory, then I would return it. 7 out of 8 pins on my CH-R were seized solid and required quite a bit of force to free up at only 25k miles or so. The grease was not hardened up though, so I don't know what's going on.
I only checked because another poster here had the exact same issue on his brand new Toyota.

Get yourself Mission Silicone paste, it's back at Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Automotive-Dielectric-Silicone-Waterproof/dp/B016E5E59G?c=ts&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gSeNzCFZZ4L2OIAy71fyJi5lPZMCm195OtNu6zQyUe8.ujNcUrCLWgFbEtvBjniWWgWdmz9uinTBm8iMm2p1PSE&dib_tag=se&keywords=Automotive+Greases+&+Lubricants&qid=1765852313&refinements=p_89:Mission+Automotive&s=automotive&sr=1-4&ts_id=15719191

I thought mission automotive grease was extinct but I am glad it is back.

 

[D1dad]

I have about 500’ish miles on the car since posting this with about 3/4 of those miles being freeway. No vibrations so far. A local Toyota tech that has been working on these cars for almost 3 decades mentioned that in his experience, the rubber acts a buffer to stop a clicking noise (which I have yet to hear) and to give the brake pedal a firmer feel.

Ah, the old pad knock, gotcha. I just lubed all 4 corners on my 18 rogue before a trip to Pensacola and made it to Nashville before I found myself in an advanced auto parking lot to reverse the front left pins that I installed backwards. Mine felt like the wheel wasn’t balanced in the least and was fine after I swapped the rubber pin back to the trailing edge. The caliper also didn’t release as fast causing a knock in the awd system. The next 1500 miles of my trip was perfect. I’ve also had syl glyde harden on me and half seize a pin but nothing compared to the permatex ceramic (purple) that I needed a torch to get out. Now I only use the sislicone dielectric grease that was posted. The mission silicone was out of stock. Syl glyde makes a blue silicone that I used on my truck and after 2 yrs is still fine.

 

[jjblbi]

If I ever found hardened brake-specific grease on guide pins I investigated further and found an underlying issue which caused excessive heat in the brake system. Check for dragging parking brakes, warped rotors, seized caliper pistons, contaminated fluid, etc.

 

[Elroy the Brave]

I've had great success with CRC Silaramic brake grease:

 

[boom10ful]

Not a fan of Toyota grease. It gets hard and leads to uneven brake pads. I use Dynatex silicone grease on all cars and have never had any issues. Just a regular silicone grease will do.

 

[nthach]

That’s the one I used which caused these issues. It was non-existent on the slide pins after 4500 miles

I recall using it on the Sienna - it does dry up and make the pins freeze up. Haven’t had an issue with the Toyota grease since.

I use the pink Toyota grease on the slide pins of a Subaru - I should check those when I do the yearly oil change on it.

 

[iCurious]

Toyota grease sucks from my experience. Bought cars new and all of the pins were dry.