Use special grease for ceramic brake pad assemblies
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Grease things up
Wipe ceramic grease
onto brake pad
abutments, pad slide
hardware and inside the
caliper's slide pin boots.
If you do your own brake jobs,
chances are you've switched to
the newer ceramic-style brake
pads. They're much cleaner and
quieter than semi metallic pads.
But they don't dissipate heat as
well, and that high heat can
degrade the grease in caliper and
pad slides. So it's critical that you
use synthetic high-temp grease to
lubricate the caliper pins, pad
abutments and pad slide
hardware.
Now there's a new type of
grease made especially for
ceramic brake pads (one choice is
Permatex No. 24125 Ceramic
Extreme Brake Lubricant; about $17 for
8 oz. through our affiliation with amazon.com). The high-temp
lube contains ground-up
ceramic particles that act like ball
bearings to ensure proper caliper
and pad movement. Apply it to all
slide areas as shown.
