Found this out the hard wayThat purple stuff is 100% pure garbage.
I've heard the Permatex purple (ceramic solids grease) gets sticky on sliding pins but I only use it for the backs of pad shims and on the 'ears" of the pads meeting the hardware, works great for that!Hmm just got a bottle of Permatex purple.. it's no good? I haven't had great luck with silglyde on pins, doesn't seem to last. Used it for years though.
Found this out the hard way
Hmm just got a bottle of Permatex purple.. it's no good? I haven't had great luck with silglyde on pins, doesn't seem to last. Used it for years though.
I had a lot of problems with the orange. It doesn't cover well and dries out quicker than expected. I was very disappointed in the performance of that lube and even had customers complain of squeaks months later. I went back to CRC black synthetic which is safe for rubber too.Permatex 'Orange' Silicone Ceramic Extreme Grease on everything.
Anti-Seize for the occasional rotor to hub facing but with newer coated rotors that maybe going away.
The Toyota stuff I wager is similar to Sil-Glyde, both use glycol in their base, it’s just that one also includes castor oil and siloxane. Both I’ve had luck with slide pins.I've heard the Permatex purple (ceramic solids grease) gets sticky on sliding pins but I only use it for the backs of pad shims and on the 'ears" of the pads meeting the hardware, works great for that!
also the red rubber grease from Toyota for Toyota's sliding pins, it's a lithium glycol soap grease, compatible with the rubber bushings/boots on Toyota's calipers. Nowhere does Toyota indicate silicone grease, tried that before and caused all the rubber bushings to swell, never again!
Permatex says that Ceramic Extreme (Purple) can be used on pins, but they're not the ones who make the stuff.
It's actually SLIPKOTE 598 from HUSKEY / Specialty Lubricants.
The datasheet says it was designed for "brake hardware and backing plates", omitting the "moving caliper hardware" usage that some of their related products specify.
So yeah, I'd probably avoid using it on pins.
I had a lot of problems with the orange. It doesn't cover well and dries out quicker than expected. I was very disappointed in the performance of that lube and even had customers complain of squeaks months later. I went back to CRC black synthetic which is safe for rubber too.
It will. I had that happen. I now only use brake lubes compatible with rubber.I think that purple Permatex is swelling rubber components on a Honda application.
So do you hyper-analyze everything you buy at the store when you are collecting items to perform tasks like this? How do you have the time to delicately research each and everything you buy so that you don't make a horrible mistake??
It will. I had that happen. I now only use brake lubes compatible with rubber.
Dielectric CompoundFord Fluid XG3A Silicone Brake Caliper Grease & Dielectric Compound.
I never used the purple, poster above says it junk, with nothing to back his statement up. Is the permatex purple a silicone base?Hmm just got a bottle of Permatex purple.. it's no good? I haven't had great luck with silglyde on pins, doesn't seem to last. Used it for years though.