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Cracks in the brake pads don’t bother me as much as cracks in the rotors. In fact, I see cracked brake pads quite often.
Thanks for your input.
Would it be a good idea on Honda/Acura to remove rotor screws and apply a drop of anti-seize to make it easier to remove for later?
[quote=”dude8370″ post=80680]Would it be a good idea on Honda/Acura to remove rotor screws and apply a drop of anti-seize to make it easier to remove for later?[/quote]
I should probably do this. Do you by any chance know of a local place that carries 3M silicone paste? I dont ever find it anywhere I go. I know lots of places online Im just impatient. 🙂
As a matter of fact, you can get it right from this website. There are also direct links in the description of the video.
Thanks. I might just end up ordering it, I was just hoping I could find a place that carried it locally so I could do a brake service on my car this weekend. Thanks for the links though.
In the UK we can’t get 3M silicone paste, all they sell is this…
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And I’m assuming this is the stuff you DON’T use?
Also when I had a stuck bolt on the rotor disk, I hammered in a hex head and that worked. Ruined the hex head, but the screw is only soft metal anyway. Someone had tried to remove it before and stripped the head totally.
[quote=”bichettereds” post=80706]I should probably do this. Do you by any chance know of a local place that carries 3M silicone paste? I dont ever find it anywhere I go. I know lots of places online Im just impatient. :-)[/quote]
I know that my local Parts Plus where I get most of my parts from carries it, but I haven’t seen it anywhere else. I ordered mine online, along with the 3M anti-seize.
I am also unable to get proper 3M style silicone paste here in France.
I got this Facom Silicone spray grease and high temp Graphite grease instead of the copper grease shown in this video.
I hope the high temp Graphite grease will work for the brake pads.
(To allow them to move more easily without causing problems)Napa sells a silicone product called Sil-Glyde. That might not be the exact spelling. I use it on caliper pins and rubber bushings.
There are other products besides silicone paste. My advice is to stay away from anything petroleum based as petroleum based lubricants will degrade the rubber dust boots for the slide pins. Also, if you’re going to use another lubricant, make sure you remove all the old lubricant before you put new in. If not, it may have a bad reaction and not lubricate at all.
I recommend staying away from grease and anti-sieze on slide pins. I HAVE seen plenty of issues caused by using these lubricants on caliper slide pins. Also, I see no need to ‘goop’ up the back of the brake pad to keep it quiet. All that does is make a mess. If you want quite brakes, use quality brake pads. You can’t fix cheap brake pads with goop.
I just installed Brembo discs front and back on the Volvo and Brembo pads on the front and Bosch on the rear.
It took a ridiculous amount of force to get the wheel bolts loose and after installing them and torquing them at 80Nm A week later I wanted to take my Alu wheels of again for a respray and again it took much more force.
I suspect that the wheel bolts are seizing with the Alu wheel so I greased the bolts a bit on the thread and where it sits on the wheel with the High temp graphite lubricant.[quote=”Jaak” post=81138]I just installed Brembo discs front and back on the Volvo and Brembo pads on the front and Bosch on the rear.
It took a ridiculous amount of force to get the wheel bolts loose and after installing them and torquing them at 80Nm A week later I wanted to take my Alu wheels of again for a respray and again it took much more force.
I suspect that the wheel bolts are seizing with the Alu wheel so I greased the bolts a bit on the thread and where it sits on the wheel with the High temp graphite lubricant.[/quote]Hopefully that works out for you. Keep us posted.
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