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Old 06-20-2006, 06:57 PM
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I am doing a brake job. How do I lubricate the slider pins? I was told I had to do this by a mechanic. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Once you remove the caliper, you just pull those rubber boots off and the pins will come out, clean them off and apply "Disk Brake Caliper Grease" to the pins, slide them back in and make sure to get the boot "snapped" back into place.
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Make sure you use caliper grease that says its for slider pins. You dont want to use that disk quiet stuff that turns to glue. I hadnt re-lubed my slider pins and at 80K miles one of them had seized up and I had to use a torch to get it unstuck.
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Appreciate the advice gentlemen.




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