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got my own angle grinder

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That £70 for my discs and pads included carriage to my suppliers and then to me at £12 at least

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dont use copper grease around brakes... never
copper grease will distroy break seals.
use copper ease or anythink that dont contain petrolium


if your not sure then place some of your grease on some latex gloves, if its split in the morning then it do the same to your brake seals

daz

Use copper slip on the back of the pads.

Anyone putting grease or oil on rubber seals shouldn't be allowed anywhere near brake repairs. Lubricate them with brake fluid,you used to able to buy little sachets of proper rubber grease but I've not seen it for a long time.

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high melting point grease on the back of pads is a substitute for anti squeal shims, its always been used

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fitted front brakes......doddle, took 2 hours.....then again ive no 4 poster or air tools

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Take your pick

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksi ... &_from=R40

those are for caliper rebuilds, not simply fitting pads

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I was thinking of the little Girling sachets you could buy or which were in cylinder rebuild kits. I use the Castrol version or just brake fluid. I'd be wary of buying plain tubs of it from ebay it may or may not be genuine.

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anti squeal shims fit on the rear of the pad furthest from the caliper, thats where i put a smear of copperslip if theres no shim available, its nowhere near the piston

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For Gods sake,I didn't say you were putting it on the piston or seals,and I've fitted enough anti squeal shims over the years to know where they go,thanks.

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my pleasure

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When I was a R.A.C. Patrolman, I went out to a body builder who couldn't undo his wheel nuts on his LDV van, he was like a massive Samoan rugby player, and I weighed 12 stone , maybe half his size. Anyway while he made me a coffe I undid the left hand thread wheel nuts using a breaker bar whilst his wife laughed her head off at him when he returned. He did not look happy until we explained that he'd been tightening them .

If he didn't know they come off clockwise I suspect that there where many more that didn't, I don't think there are actually many vehicles that use the clockwise direction for the front nearside nuts