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Caliper sliders - what grease?
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DIY Ace
 


Member Since: 06 Feb 2019
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munst wrote:
Remember a guy on another landy site a few years ago started posting 'how to' videos and caused a stir with some of them. I couldn't decide if they were satire or not, in his caliper rebuild video he used lashings of Copper slip as assembly grease on the pistons.

Anti sieze and lubricant are not the same. Copper slip has a large amount of Copper suspended in the grease which turns into a kind of grinding paste when repeatedly moved. It will wear running surfaces out quickly. Red rubber grease is the best stuff for caliper sliders.


Thanks all. Looks like I'll get some red rubber grease in place... 2022 BMW i4 M50. Bought Oct 2022. 10,200 miles and counting...
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DIY Ace
 


Member Since: 06 Feb 2019
Location: Hampshire
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So I went with the Red Rubber Grease in the end...

Thanks for the advice...

 2022 BMW i4 M50. Bought Oct 2022. 10,200 miles and counting...
2014 BMW 435d convertible. Bought July 2021. 58,000 miles and counting...
2005 Discovery 3 HSE Auto. Bought Feb 2019. 169,000 miles and counting...
2009 Freelander 2 XS Manual. Bought Sep 2013. SOLD Aug 2021 (already regretted!)

https://youtube.com/channel/UCO_u_0D45x9KGfiNstzLJnw  
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Matty 2332
 


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Another vote for silicon grease Thumbs Up  
Post #230584429th Aug 2022 7:03 am
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BradC
 


Member Since: 29 Apr 2019
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Timely as I'm just getting ready to do ours. On other vehicles I always used Syl-Glyde, which I believe is a Silicone based grease.

Still have some somewhere, so that should save me buying "yet another tube" of something specific.  
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