Lubing caliper sliders

[antti]

I just putted drive shaft (with molybden) grease in to mine.

Just happened to be near when needed
i should have silicon based somewhere, I use it for caliber pistons.

[Steve T]

Errr, you havn't been borrowing it from the airframe techs have you?? Used to be my favorite place to get some

Might have . . . . . might just be a life ex pot that was being chucked out - maybe

Talking though about copperslip use the spray and not the grease as it goes on thinner, is more slippy and less likely to go gloopy as it's the carrier for the copper that hardens

I thin copperslip down with some WD40 if I need a thinner coating (Kymmy - PX24 does the same job )

[Lord Stig]

It's worth watching which you use, as GP/LM grease seems to make the rubber boots expand. Once that happens the boots won't fit the grooves, leading to dirt getting in and, eventually, corrosion and seizing. I just use red rubber grease now.

[steveR]

I'll try and get some red grease I reckon, as it looks as if I will have to strip the brakes on a regular basis according to a mate who used to off-road a KMX200. The 125 like I owned was a different setup, i gather.

[stageonesimmo]

Would your choice be due to the fact that you have ample supplies of the stuff like me from our employers?

A'hem, errr, yes, but due to my recent 'retirement' my supply is running out so any donations are welcome. I've still got a natty Loctite deonstrator tube of copperslip in a pritt-stick type stick applicator - it really is just a copperslip pritt-stick - its so fantastic I haven't had the heart to use it yet!

[steveR]

I've still got a natty Loctite deonstrator tube of copperslip in a pritt-stick type stick applicator - it really is just a copperslip pritt-stick - its so fantastic I haven't had the heart to use it yet!

Are you sure it doesn't say Avon on the outside, it sounds more like lip gloss to me!

[Dee Duble Yuh]

If you've got a decent motor factors locally, they sell RED GREASE which is used for the slider pins and is compatible with the rubber boots.

The red grease I've bought recently came in small "ketchup style" sachets rather than a tube or tub they used to sell it in.

Does the brand matter? For example, should I insist on Castrol, or will Heinz do just as well?

[stageonesimmo]

Are you sure it doesn't say Avon on the outside, it sounds more like lip gloss to me!

Nope, here it is below in all its un-used pritt-stick-like-copperslip glory......

How cool is that?!