Hi all. Installed new calipers, rotors, pads. Caliper hardware kits c/w a little tube of grease which I assumed was only for the back of the pads, but began to think it may be for lubing certain points on front caliper/pads/hardware. So on with the search. Found this in the archives: http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0209B&L=vanagon&P=R2211 Just so I'm clear on this.... Can anyone confirm the following? When installing new pads, appropriate lube should be applied to: edges of pads (metal portion I assume) where they move along caliper body at holes on pads where pins go through at back of pads Any other points to lube? I ask as it seems almost counter intuitive to do the above (risk of contaminating pad face and/or rotor). But since lube should be a "non migrating" type, risk should be nil. Still...... Thanks, Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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