Another rear brake caliper question....
Wallace White
wallacewhite at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 6 19:18:01 EST 2000
Gerard -
I have heard, anecdotally, that the supplied grease isn't the greatest
stuff. I opted to use Super Lube, which I believe is a Permatex heavy
synthetic grease, but I don't yet know how it's held up...
- Wallace
'87 5kcstq 167k
> > >443 698 470.
> > The rubber boot kit number?
>
> Yes, the boot kit number. I've had these lying around here at home for a
> heck of a long time. They came from TPC and are made by Lucas.
>
> Looks like I questioned too soon again 'cos when I got home and opened
> the little boxes they had small foil sachets inside with the appropriate
> grease in them. It's a thick vaseline kind of thing. The caliper seal
> kit also has a foil sachet of grease for use on the handbrake mechanism.
> Very good instructions in there too.
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