What grease to use on brake pads?
Discussion
Chrismawa said:
Just changed mine at the weekend. Used a bit of copper grease on the pad edges. For the sliding pins I used a silicone grease.
Hopefully you did not really put any grease on the edges of the pads .... it will make its way onto the disc.All 3 types of grease mentioned can be used on different parts of the system, copper on the back of the pad face to the calliper (if required), high temp for the sliding faces/ pins, and red rubber for the piston seals.
gavgavgav said:
Hopefully you did not really put any grease on the edges of the pads .... it will make its way onto the disc.
No it won't, unless he has lathered on ridiculous amounts. More PH scaremongering.MrBig said:
Get the proper spec copper-free brake grease. A tiny amount of copper in the wrong place will play havoc with your wear leads and speed sensors.
Copper grease has no effect on speed sensors, even if you were so ham fisted that you managed to somehow get it onto the sensor or reluctant ring. Wheel speed sensors are magnetic, copper grease is not. Yet more PH scaremongering.Edited by Mr2Mike on Friday 1st June 14:55
Just to be clear, this is on the pad to piston side, not guide pins or pad to disc (which should go without saying!).
I've used copper every other time I've done pads, and have never really had any problems. Just put a pea sized blob in the center and smear around. More than often it lasts a fair bit, apart from track cars I've never actually owned a road car long enough to tell whether or not it will last the entire life span of the pad.
Was just wondering what everyone else thought!
I've used copper every other time I've done pads, and have never really had any problems. Just put a pea sized blob in the center and smear around. More than often it lasts a fair bit, apart from track cars I've never actually owned a road car long enough to tell whether or not it will last the entire life span of the pad.
Was just wondering what everyone else thought!
gavgavgav said:
Hopefully you did not really put any grease on the edges of the pads .... it will make its way onto the disc.
All 3 types of grease mentioned can be used on different parts of the system, copper on the back of the pad face to the calliper (if required), high temp for the sliding faces/ pins, and red rubber for the piston seals.
I bet you've got a red clipboard and work for the council?All 3 types of grease mentioned can be used on different parts of the system, copper on the back of the pad face to the calliper (if required), high temp for the sliding faces/ pins, and red rubber for the piston seals.
jeremyh1 said:
I use cooper grease I also put this on the battery terminals They say you dont need to with a modern battery but I still do it
I've never understood this, use terminal grease..... Copper grease (despite what people think) isn't electrically conductive, I know this because a former employer got into bother for using it to prevent corrosion on the earth bonding point of a mains powered pump motor and ended up with an outer case that would give you a shock under certain circumstances. If it's not conductive at 240vAC, then it's far less so at 12vDC.Gassing Station | Suspension, Brakes & Tyres | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff