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Old May 22, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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Brake caliper rebuild Q...

The Haynes manual says I need red grease and orange grease for the fronts, and a walkthrough somebody on here posted for the rear brakes says red, orange and white grease.

I'm assuming the white grease is just white lithium grease... What the hell are the red and orange greases? I went to both of my local autoparts stores, which are regretably staffed by ******* morons, and they don't know what I'm talking about.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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Old May 22, 2006 | 03:28 PM
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The red/orange grease *should* have been included with a rebuilt kit.
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Old May 22, 2006 | 04:39 PM
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But it wasn't, hence my problems.
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Old May 22, 2006 | 04:41 PM
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I've rebuilt 3 sets of calipers and never used any grease. I just put some clean brakefluid on the seals during assembley.
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Old May 22, 2006 | 08:19 PM
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I believe that all brake caliper grease is now a higher standard and therefore acceptable for all caliper purposes now.
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Old May 23, 2006 | 07:40 AM
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I believe that all brake caliper grease is now a higher standard and therefore acceptable for all caliper purposes now.
Oh... Cool beans. Thanks aussie.
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Old May 23, 2006 | 10:33 AM
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I think the red grease is a type that does not break down when exposed to brake fluid. I got two types (red, orange and clear, white) with my rear e-brake boot kit from Black Dragon. I assumed that the clear, white is for the tubes that slide the two pcs of the caliper together.
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