Lithium grease / Castrol red rubber grease

[yorkie_chris]

How many miles you do a year?

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by johnnyrod

TBH I've never used grease on the brake pistons, just lube them with fluid, push them in, and wipe off the excess. Can't say it need cleaning up that often, eveyr 2-3 years I guess, only ever done tha back once (since 1999) but I think it could do with another look soon, new pads on the way anyway.

I used to do that too, I found it worked better with some red-rubber grease.

Druid

[Dave20046]

Thanks for posting on this just reminded me to grab some red rubber grease!

Originally Posted by johnnyrod

TBH I've never used grease on the brake pistons, just lube them with fluid, push them in, and wipe off the excess. Can't say it need cleaning up that often, eveyr 2-3 years I guess, only ever done tha back once (since 1999) but I think it could do with another look soon, new pads on the way anyway.

Good god, I clean mine every few months and rebuild em once a year (although not with new seals if i can avoid it).

I find the red grease protects the pistons from road crud and makes them easier to clean. tis good stuff!

[Spiderman]

The nice man at the Castrol Helpline who i called when i couldnt find any told me i can use "anything vegetable based" and when i jokingly said "so olive oil will do too yeh?" he said "only if yo u wanna be posh. I use chip fat myself on my brake seals"
And i've been using olive oil ever since. Whenever i strip the brakes and redo it all i lube the seals with olive oil. You need so little lube that like others have said a bit tub will last forever. So i never bothered buying a tub if i already have a suitable alternative.

[Dave20046]

That's a good'n I'd thought of it but didn't think it'd stick, suppose it does have a greasy residue.

[phi-dan]

now that's what I call a tip top top tip!

[embee]

...aah, but red rubber grease adds a certain piquancy to salad dressings you just can't get with olive oil.

[5hort5]

AHHHH, BBBAHAHAHAHH, gggrrrrrrr, I just bought some red grease for my fronts from evil bay and I could have used f'in olive oil, for god sake next you'll be telling me that rubbing a cucumber on the chain will do the job of a scotty.

[phi-dan]

Originally Posted by 5hort5

AHHHH, BBBAHAHAHAHH, gggrrrrrrr, I just bought some red grease for my fronts from evil bay and I could have used f'in olive oil, for god sake next you'll be telling me that rubbing a cucumber on the chain will do the job of a scotty.

courgette actually, but a cucumber will do in an emergency