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Old 05-07-2004, 11:26 PM
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When changing your brake pads...

Do you put any sort of grease on the back of them? Some people swear by it and say it prevents the sqeeks. I just make sure that the brake pistons are really clean so they make good contact with the pads. Should I also be using ant-sqeek grease?
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Old 05-08-2004, 12:51 AM
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get a bottle of the red CRC brake quite crap, trust me its worth the 5-6 bux!
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Old 05-08-2004, 10:08 AM
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Originally posted by 1 Nasty Bird
get a bottle of the red CRC brake quite crap, trust me its worth the 5-6 bux!
Thanks, I just picked some up. I guess it won't hurt to use it.
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Old 05-08-2004, 06:27 PM
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i usually use some of the grease on the part where the pad comes in to contact with the caliper so it slides nicely.
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Old 05-09-2004, 10:31 AM
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I always clean my caliper guide pins and re apply anti seize each time they are removed, and also I spray the back of the brake pads with that red brake quiet stuff, it defiently works !!!
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Old 05-09-2004, 09:11 PM
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Yeah the greasing the guide pins are my #1 thing when swappin pads. If they seize, warps rotors and lessens braking power.
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Old 05-09-2004, 09:41 PM
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Ive got a slight squeak on my passenger side rear brake... however Ive changed the brake pads since I bought the car but it squeaked even before then. Could this fix that squeak for me? I had never heard of this before.
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I recently did the rear pads + machined rotor but did not grease the rear slidepins. To do so looked like it would require removing (not just swiveling) the caliper from the caliper bracket and that lower caliper bolt is REALLY hard to get to

When you say slidepins, these are "bolts" with the rubber "expanding" covers on them, right? Can these be greased w/o unbolting the entire caliper?

Now I'm paranod of seizing!

Thanks, Brian
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