MartinDB
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 07:24 PM |
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Sierra/girling carrier sliders grease.
I'm about to re-assemble my rear brakes which are Girling type Sierra calipers..
Before I do, is there a specific grease that should be used where the sliders go in the carriers?
Thanks,
Martin.
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RichieC
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 07:26 PM |
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Ive always used Copperslip in the past. It tends not to attract as much crud as other greases and works well in this application.
Also good on back of pad to stop binding and squeeling
Rgds
Rich
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stu da rude
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 08:10 PM |
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ditto what richie says, copper slip is better as you use less, and it has a much higher melting point.
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MartinDB
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 posted on 2/11/05 at 08:33 PM |
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Thanks Gents, it's now on my shopping list.
Martin.
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OX
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 08:40 PM |
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i dont know much about the car world but we had to stop putting copper slip on the back of pads becouse if the bike had been put away after a ride out
in the rain ,the copper slip and the metal in the pads would react with the rain and spark arode away at the discs leaving little pit holes where the
pads had stood after only a week or so
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blueshift
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 08:54 PM |
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Do NOT use copperslip on sliding pins for calipers. it's crap and dries out. I have found this the hard way, de-rusting and re-greasing the
brakes on my mx5 twice. the stuff you want is plastilube (I think it's called), specific plasticy grease for this application. I got a half used
tube for nowt from a friendly mazda service technician. As for where you might find it... Brakes international?
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RichieC
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| posted on 3/11/05 at 06:40 PM |
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Copperslip should never "dry out". Ive used it on everything from bikes up to and including Gp A rally cars with absolutely no problems
whatsoever.
There are Copperslip type products and Copaslip (trade name), there may be inferior versions of it, but I doubt theres much between them.
Rich
[Edited on 3/11/05 by RichieC]
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OX
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| posted on 3/11/05 at 07:43 PM |
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i also found copper slip to go very thick,,im not sure if its all the brake dust or other crap that works its way in,it might depend if its used daily
and through all types of weather.in the end the only thing i used it for was the pins that hold the pads in.
we used to use it on wheel spindles as well but that also caused problems ,,,i blame the power washers 
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/11/05 at 08:33 PM |
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I've never had any problems using copaslip on the caliper slides, put the little rubber bellows back on to keep dust out. Copaslip is not a
lube, it's an anti-seize.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 4/11/05 at 03:17 PM |
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I use coppaslip equivalent, nickelease, which is the same but silver and contains, you guessed it, Nickel!
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