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General Category => Totally Off-Topic Discussions, Rants, Tire & Oil Threads, Etc. => Topic started by: Luca on October 07, 2013, 07:42:35 PM

Title: Another use for dielectric grease
Post by: Luca on October 07, 2013, 07:42:35 PM: Got up the other day to find that a rear caliper was seized on the NA Miata. A few weeks back the front had gotten sticky as well...

as best I can tell, the problem (with both) was that the sliding caliper was not sliding on it's guide pins. After cleaning up the rear pins today, I applied dielectric grease to them... it is essentially a waterproof silicone grease, and if it can take the heat at a spark plug boot atop an engine, I figure it should be able to take the heat at a caliper pin as well. Supposedly Ford sells a tube of the stuff as dielectric/brake caliper grease.

So if you are ever in a pinch or don't want a container of brake grease that gets used once a year (if that), give the stuff a shot.
Title: Re: Another use for dielectric grease
Post by: montmil on October 07, 2013, 08:32:53 PM: Silicone Plumbers Grease is pretty much the same thing. Available in small quantities at hardware and Big Box home improvement stores.
Title: Re: Another use for dielectric grease
Post by: nhmaf on October 07, 2013, 08:53:15 PM: It is pretty good stuff, but I have found that it will freeze - at least, it can when it is in a terminal block connection on the front of a plow truck when you are plowing a snow covered road in -20F temperatures.
Title: Re: Another use for dielectric grease
Post by: montmil on October 08, 2013, 10:23:08 AM: Quote
It is pretty good stuff, but I have found that it will freeze - at least, it can when it is in a terminal block connection on the front of a plow truck when you are plowing a snow covered road in -20F temperatures.

That's just pitiful. [smiley=lolk.gif]
Title: Re: Another use for dielectric grease
Post by: marcmax on October 08, 2013, 12:14:32 PM: -20F ? I don't think even my freezer gets that cold. My winter is when I change from flip-flops to sneakers. 8-)
Title: Re: Another use for dielectric grease
Post by: montmil on October 08, 2013, 03:02:33 PM: Mike, Your "frozen dielectric grease" comments remind me of a few Peter Egan writings -Cycle World columnist and others- where he talks about the ice and frozen snow that keeps him from opening his shop door... all winter!

Terribly short riding season for you guys. :'(
Title: Re: Another use for dielectric grease
Post by: Bob_W on October 08, 2013, 03:51:22 PM: Marc
It is winter up north here in McIntosh County. Just put on a long sleeve shirt. About 65 and the wind is blowing.
Bob
Title: Re: Another use for dielectric grease
Post by: Luca on October 09, 2013, 08:20:30 AM: Quote
Terribly short riding season for you guys.

That all depends on how low you can go

I get pretty uncomfortable by 40F, but I'm hopeful that putting some handguards on will help things improve. Would be nice to have some heated gear...
Title: Re: Another use for dielectric grease
Post by: nhmaf on October 10, 2013, 11:51:26 AM: I will usually ride into November, but the trips become much less frequent and shorter duration.