Caliper slide bolt grease

[Iain]

I was going to grease the slide bolts on my 256mm ATE calipers before refitting, but I can't work out what the right stuff to use is. Suggestions?

[Graeme]

I just multi-purpose grease as I didn't think it would effect the rubber

[Andy]

Used copper grease and ive also used cv grease before aswell.Both are fine

[MARTIN KELSON]

When i put new pads on Mrs Mini which is same make & design as the ATE's i to as above used Copper Slip & seems fine.

Martin

[mowgli]

copper slip is the kiddy for all mucky brake bits tbh

[Iain]

Fair enough I'll shove some copper grease on it cheers.

The lad in Halfords suggested WD40 lol

[Andy]

The lad in Halfords suggested WD40 lol
Why doesnt that at all surprise me:roll:

[Cle]

every car that i do brakes on at work get Copper grease on the slides and bolts

[MattBrown]

I'm gonna go gay as usual.

I have some iirc nickel greese, safe upto 2400•c

Used in the turbines where my mate works, and fair play it's brilliant stuff.

Cle, on the bolts, do you mean the bolts holding the caliper on? Always a no no no no no to grease them IMO?

I remember getting a serious bolloxing for copper slipping wheel studs at a friends garage.

Aparently the greese can dry in the threads, and loose the torque or something?

Maybe someone could shed some light?

[mowgli]

sorry matt, but we copper slip the wheel studs on our trucks.
1. by lubing them, you get much more consistent torque figures
2. they are a lot easier to take off
3. they are 650lbft tight
4. the tyre company we use loves us, cos we are the only fleet he deals with where the wheels easily come off when the tyres need swapping

a dry thread is by far the worst thing to have, the inner & outer threads snag with each other giving a false torque figure, as in , they are tight, but the clamping force is not 100%, so the wheel is more likely to come loose with use.
i used to be a member of the IRTE (institute of road transport engineers) and they spent years trying to come up with a foolproof method of tightening wheel nuts up & never got any further than lube them, torque them, drive 25mile, check them, and retorque, then recheck them at the end of the day.

ps. only a true numpty uses a windy gun to tighten wheel bolts on a road vehicle.
normal oil will eventually burn off & dry out, so copper grease is perfect for the job.

[novautd]

I agree with mowgli on everything apart from using a tyre company to fit his tyres, do it yourself!

[mowgli]

its not easy to fit super singles on the side of the m6 on your own though....

[Damo]

its not easy to fit super singles on the side of the m6 on your own though....

Al second this too its a two man job.;)

[novautd]

can you tell my boss that then!

[Cle]

Cle, on the bolts, do you mean the bolts holding the caliper on? Always a no no no no no to grease them IMO?
Im mean carrier bolts and caliper bolts. Clean up the threads and them copper grease them then refit, Means there easier to come off next time the car comes in but they remain tight

[Iain]

My carrier bolts looked like they had blue threadlock on.

[mowgli]

threadlock them to the hub carrier, but the slidy bits need lubing

[burgo]

copper slip FTW, i've always used it on the slide bolts, guides and backs of the pads and never had a problem