PeterH Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 When fitting brake shoes (drum brakes) I've always put a smear of grease on the ends of the shoes and the back plate rubbing pads. I've always used Castrol PH white grease but current advice seems to be to use Copper Slip. Any thoughts on this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 Following the advice of members here on the forum I recently bought a tube of Mintex Cera Tec and have tried that on both shoes and pads. My local Autofactors has it for around £4 so don't pay too much for it - there are forty prices online and some quite inflated ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 I used to use Girling red grease - as it was "rubber safe", just in case it got on the slave cylinder. But in the last 10+ years I've always used copper slip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterH Posted July 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said: Following the advice of members here on the forum I recently bought a tube of Mintex Cera Tec and have tried that on both shoes and pads. My local Autofactors has it for around £4 so don't pay too much for it - there are forty prices online and some quite inflated ones. I missed that post. The reason I asked is my tub of PH grease will last me for as long as ever I'll want, and I wondered if I should continue with it or ditch it in favour of something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 I always used standard Copper Grease and to be honest the two tins I have will probably outlast me, but I just tried the Mintex to see what it was like - it was actually just over £2. Have a look down this thread, that's where I got the idea from: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 additional thoughts PH grease is a lubricant it was std to use white grease on shoe contact points coppaslip is a anti seize compound not really a lubricant cera tec is more for back of pads as a anti squeal paste Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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