Brake grease

[contrarian]

I've finally had enough of my rear brakes squealing on light brake applications and turning every head in the car park. I've bought a NOS set of genuine pads which come with 4 teflon coated shims and 4 stainless. Instructions on the box say apply silicone PTFE grease to each side of the teflon shims. There is a Volvo P/N 1161447 for the grease which is probably obsolete by now as the pads have been lying around for years.

I have some mintex ceratec lying around. Would this be a suitable alternative to the Volvo stuff?

Cheers

[jpliddy]

940 tdi auto 1995

i have been using copper ease grease for years now no problems so far
should be cheaper than volvo stuff and maybe just as good you can get it in bigger tubs too

[Chooch84]

That's what the ceratec is apparently designed for. If you want to get a PTFE grease, then try "super lube synthetic grease".

[harveys]

Even brake grease tells you to be careful where it gets.

[TonyS9]

Never had a problem with the rears except rust and dirt problems, are you sure there is no metal contact?

I once got constant squealing on the fronts due to rust on the carriers after I changed the disks, the rust had grown out towards the disk.

[contrarian]

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I've recently done pads, discs and handbrake shoes on it and cleaned everything up carefully during the process. The h/b shoes had started to delaminate so I decided to do the lot at once. It's quiet until the pads bed in then it starts squealing. I've popped the pads out a couple of times and given them a quick rub down but I only get a few hundred miles of silence each time.