Brake grease

[smoothoperator]

What is a good grease for the rear brake drum pivot please. The stuff I've cleaned off was nice and sticky and what I have in my grease gun is just general purpose, clearly too runny for this job. I have searched the forum but to no avail. Google wasn't much better.

[Oddjob]

Red grease should be ok, it's high temp.

[ka-ja]

Thin smear of moly. grease or copper grease works a treat.

[Oddjob]

Copper grease isn't really a lubricating grease though, it's more of an anti seize grease for threads to stop galling etc.

[ka-ja]

Copper grease can dry out, but it won't melt or run at high temperatures, and we aren't talking about fast rotations, just loading.

[Oddjob]

I’m aware of that but unlike red grease it really doesn’t have much in the way of lubricating factors, in this case red grease is a better answer. Now the bolt holding the brake arm onto the pivot pin is perfect for copperslip.

[smoothoperator]

Thanks guys, clearly a few opinions on this. As I have some copaslip, I'll probably use that. There are lots of different types of red grease, I have seen some advertised as "sticky". I also have some in the garage that IIRC I bought to lube some new fork seals in my mountain bike, it isn't really any thicker than the "standard" grease I have in my grease gun. The thickest grease I have is Lithium grease, used for the wheel bearings in the mountain bike.

[Bryanj]

To be honest in that situation it is not a high load area so anything that sticks, stays and stops corrosion is good

[Moorey]

 
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