[Vwdiesel] Brake Grease?

[H.Hagar]

So, what type of grease should be used on the backing plate where the
sides of the shoes contact and other contact points?  

  --  Gavrik


IMHO    the VW that you got is not critical  ------ here is what I do :

I like to use a blast of air to clean things. So I use dry lubes.

Any number out there like graphite ,moly  etc.    Around a Rabbit the most
powerful lube that I tested so far is  Dow-Corning  "molykote" G-rapid  spray..

It works like the dickens on brakes ---starters ---steering racks..  My four
Rabits were hard to steer when I got them  A good spray on racks and what
not.   Like power steering now ---compared.

Bentley recommends -- Dow Corning Molykote # 321  or its equivalent. on racks.

I had used it for years before reading that. --- so maybe experience does count ?.

On the pictures I sent you , all that silvery stuff is Neversneeze. Marine grade.
I use that on all threads.  Nothing to sneeze at let me tell you. Salt around here
is a problem. Put lots on front wheel splines.

Hagar.

PS:  I discover a nifty way to do the rear brakes on Rabbits  1980 to 1986. due to
the fact that I had no Bentley at the time.----Bloody good thing , because I always
try to do by the book.  Now it is a pure joy to do the brakes. No special tools of any kind.
Springs  are fun to remove and install. NO special pliers. --Believe it or not. HA.

One last thing Gavrik  ---did you put the wedge dimple pointing in or out ?