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11-27-2020, 04:23 PM | #1 |
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Will be replacing my rear pads and rotors for the first time, think I got it all figured out except every freaking YouTube video has a different take on where to use brake lube and brake paste, if they use any at all .
The official bmw procedure seems to be to use brake paste only, and only on pad/mount contact points (and piston). Not all over the back of the pad, and no other kind of brake lube anywhere, which is different than basically every video, but also consistent with the instructions that came with the akebono pads. That sound wrong to anyone? Weird there are so many different opinions.
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11-30-2020, 01:08 PM | #2 |
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PERSONALLY- I don't use any paste and never had an issue with noise (of course, I go do a proper break-in afterwards).
But here at work we just make sure all contact points are clean (brake parts cleaner spray and brass brush are welcomed here), and once the mating surface of the caliper to the pads are nice and clean, the back of the pads get a THIN layer of paste (also, the slider pins and checked for clean grease and uninterrupted movement). Hope that helps! Clarification- I do everything that we do at work on my own car, minus the brake paste
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Do you skip the paste on your own car just bc lazy or bc there's some downside to using it besides the mess?
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1- Waaaay back when I started working on cars as a teen, I was too broke to buy all the proper stuff . But I'd clean the living out of it and do a proper break-in, and never had an issue with noise 2- Now that I can afford it... because of reason #1, I don't bother buying it LOL
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Last thing, I think, since you mentioned slider pins...since we're not supposed to grease them, what's your preferred way of cleaning/servicing them? Just wipe off any crap and move along?
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I think that cars up north that are exposed to road crap and salt should definitely do this
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https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=831353Don't grease the pins. Especially not on the factory rubber boot. There's a chance that the grease and the boot may react and oxidize over time and cause the pin to bind. https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1324087 https://www.bimmerfest.com/threads/t...de-pin.398500/
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The rubber boot will be fine as long as you use the proper grease. Silicone grease only. I know a lot of people who use sil glyde on the pins.
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Having lived many years in the NE and a snowbelt area, I have yet to own a vehicle that did not have rusty rotors and calipers. Road salt is very invasive and all rubber boots protecting the slide leak over time. One can scrupulously wire brush rust from calipers and it will return within the month. Therefore, any advice that one should not use lubricant on slide pins and pad contacts is applicable to those living in dry and sunny climes, but hardly applies to vehicles exposed often to road salt. Assuming one uses the right grease, whatever the downside might be is preferable to rust-bound calipers.
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yea I think that on any floating caliper design, slide pins should always be greased. without grease, you'd have (on the majority of cars) a cast iron caliper trying to slide on non-greased stainless steel pins... that won't work lol. ESPECIALLY in the snow belt or coastal areas affected by sea-breeze.
Now, I could see how you would NOT want to grease pins on a fixed caliper like the brembo calipers that bolt directly to the steering knuckle. The pins used there are just to keep the brake pads from popping out of the calipers (on a top-loader design).
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Just reporting back after finishing the job...my first brake diy, all good
I put the brake paste on the contact points but the pins/boots were moving fine so I didn't mess with them. Thanks for the help!
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woot woot! awesome!
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