[Vwdiesel] Rabbit "High Caliper advice".

[Nate Wall]

I wonder why brake rubber is not oil resistant. One
interesting thing, though is the dust boots for the
calipers are designed to pull the piston back a little
after the brakes are applied to prevent the pads from
continually rubbing the rotor.

--Nate
--- Lee Hillsgrove <hillsgrove at adelphia.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >I have a tube of "Brake Grease". I think its just
> >hi-temp grease. When installing pads or shoes I
> >lightly coat all contact points with this grease. I
> >make sure the caliper retaining bolts are greased
> (as
> >they should be) as well.
>
>
>  Just a cautionary note; Don't get ANY
> petroleum-based products on ANY
> rubber components used in the brake system,
> including the caliper boot. Oil
> eats the rubber used in braking systems.
>
>  Where I work, we used to mold the caliper dust
> boots for a variety of
> applications. The flash (waste rubber) which was
> blown off of the molds
> would accumulate on the floor near the main piston
> seal for the hydraulic
> molding presses used to make the parts. When the
> flash came in contact with
> oil that had leaked from the press, it turned into a
> thick, black paste
> which would defy almost all efforts aimed at
> removing it from your skin.
> :-))  Nasty stuff.
>
>   Lee
>   Oo-v-oO
>   PP-ASEL
>   KB1GNI
>
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