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b_1_rd:
Hello all.  First proper post here.  It’s a great forum, not needed to ask anything until now as I’ve found everything on here.  :)

Anyway, I bought some silicone grease from eBay (linked below) to use when rebuilding the front brake, being that the service manual specifically says to use silicone grease.  However, I was expecting it to look more like Vaseline rather than a pure white substance.  Do you think this is OK to use?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176142977635?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=hLpBCXjVTLe&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=HrRpbikaRsi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Johnny4428:
Hello, that looks like you just want to add a bit of fruit on top! Yummy!🤣 (sorry)
For what it’s worth I had a tub of silicone grease here for a while that just looked exactly the same. All used now so sure it was ok.

b_1_rd:
Yes does look good enough to eat  ;D

deltarider:
Ate grease is - or used to be - first choice and was used by professional mecs. The tube says: compatible with: brake fluids DOT 3, DOT 4 and DOT 5.1. It's expensive though, so I wonder what alternatives there are. Some suggest you may use vaseline just as well. I don't know about the latter.
But that Ate grease is made for the brake job and therefore 100% safe.

K2-K6:
I've only used a clear silicone grease for many years.

Unsure what's in that SK22 (doesn't mean it's poor, just really hard to find conclusive information) but note it's food grade product and likely suitable for that type of production line equipment etc.

From safety sheets, it more or less won't do you any harm if you did eat it  :) effectively non toxic and pretty inert in reaction to anything.

White coloured grease often have zinc oxide in them and pretty inert in that form generally (think that's in "Sudocreme" for babies etc) but could be talcum powder as that product refers to anti spatter properties,, logical if used on rotating shafts or similar in food production.  Looks like it could do the job, but I've no experience of using it.

For reference, I'm currently using this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134181635084 for any silicone grease application. Plumbers supply also do convenient small tubs of clear silicone grease to, usually easily available locally.

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