What grease to use on caliper sliders?

Sonic04GT · May 20, 2010

I am about to do my rear brakes (rotors and pads) using THIS walkthrough.

I picked up some grease from Wal-Mart for a few bucks; NLGI No. 2 Mystik JT6 Hi-Temp Multi-Purpose Grease to use on the sliders, mentioned after step 9. It's a huge 14oz tube which I don't need but it'll probably be the same price for a couple small packets from the autoparts store.

Will this work or should I go to the auto-parts store and get some caliper grease?

It says on the side "Recommended for disc brake wheel bearings."

nyuk98gt · May 20, 2010

Sonic04GT:

You need to use "brake grease" (caliper grease). Regular grease near the rotors is never a good idea (whoa....Whoa.... WHoa....WHOA!!!). Go back to the parts joint and swap the tube for a few packets. The stuff comes in a little 1.5" square plastic packet with a tear-off corner. Dielectric grease comes in the same sort of package. You can also buy a tube but your great-great grandson will still be using the same tube on his brake caliper slide pins.

HTH,

Chris

flstang65 · May 20, 2010

The little project packs at the counter at Advance will do the trick. 1.20 a pack.

Sonic04GT · May 20, 2010

Haha thanks guys. I went ahead and picked up the small packets. Fortunately it was free to use the caliper piston compression tool for 48hrs.

Now, how do I park a manual car when working on brakes? Just put it in 1st gear and lift one wheel at a time?

rabidscoobie · May 20, 2010

Sonic04GT said:
Haha thanks guys. I went ahead and picked up the small packets. Fortunately it was free to use the caliper piston compression tool for 48hrs.

Now, how do I park a manual car when working on brakes? Just put it in 1st gear and lift one wheel at a time?

well since your doing the back it wont help alot to put it in first but also dosent hurt.
Just jack up both rears and use jack stands...I dont trust the jack alone,I actually had a floor jack go bad while trying to get the jack stands under there.and chock the front tires.

Sonic04GT · May 20, 2010

rabidscoobie said:
well since your doing the back it wont help alot to put it in first but also dosent hurt.
Just jack up both rears and use jack stands...I dont trust the jack alone,I actually had a floor jack go bad while trying to get the jack stands under there.and chock the front tires.

Well I was just wondering if I kept one wheel on the ground and did one side at a time the transmission would help hold it in place?

Jackstands were the plan but I was just gonna do one side at a time. Should I block the front tires if I jack both sides up? E-brake runs to the rear right? So thats pointless too?

One more question, for loctite on the 2 caliper bolts (where it mentions in the walkthrough I posted) which loctite should i use?

I have blue medium but that might be too weak. Opinions? Do I need high temp also?

rabidscoobie · May 20, 2010

Sonic04GT said:
Well I was just wondering if I kept one wheel on the ground and did one side at a time the transmission would help hold it in place?

Jackstands were the plan but I was just gonna do one side at a time. Should I block the front tires if I jack both sides up? E-brake runs to the rear right? So thats pointless too?

One more question, for loctite on the 2 caliper bolts (where it mentions in the walkthrough I posted) which loctite should i use?

I have blue medium but that might be too weak. Opinions? Do I need high temp also?

Yeah just block/chock the front tires,dont use the ebrake when doing the rear brakes...it does go to the rear.And i just normally jack both up at a time but thats just me.

As for locktite I use the red and high temp(strongest I think) for everything.I dunno about the blue..never used it that I can remember.

Sonic04GT · May 20, 2010

rabidscoobie said:
Yeah just block/chock the front tires,dont use the ebrake when doing the rear brakes...it does go to the rear.And i just normally jack both up at a time but thats just me.

As for locktite I use the red and high temp(strongest I think) for everything.I dunno about the blue..never used it that I can remember.

Alrighty, I'll get the red high-temp. That's what I figured.

Thanks again bud.

hotdog71 · May 22, 2010

Hi,

Why do you need to use loctite? I have never used it on a brake job ever and never had one fail.
I don't know if Ford used it originally but it didn't seem like it when I did my last few brake jobs.

I have always used high temp lithium grease and never had any problems or squeaks.

good luck!

rabidscoobie · May 22, 2010

I dunno that its really needed.Some people like me like to just be safe.I use loctite on all bolts pretty much.
Ive noticed on the stangs that alot of bolts I take out seem to be using something reddish on the threads,at least on my mach and the 01 gt I had.

Ive also never done brakes on a stang either.

And sonic04gt the more I see your sig, the more Im liking those FR500's,I wouldnt mind some black ones with the chrome/polished lip on mine,Im tired of the bullits..everyone here is running black bullits now,but I have never seen any with FR500's.
Its all bullits,cobras and saleens rims here.

fast97gt · May 22, 2010

i think loc-tite is overkill, besides you gotta go by torque specs anyway. if you over tighten with loc-tite you may have problems in the future, (like broken/jambed bolts thats no fun in the tighter spaces in the rear of the car).

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