Just figured out why my customers brakes kept squealing after 3 years in the shop

I finally realized last week that I was using the wrong grease on the pad contact points all this time. Turns out the shop I started at never taught me to use copper-based anti-seize instead of regular bearing grease. Has anyone else had a senior mechanic drop a simple tip that completely changed how they work?

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christopher_hunt2d ago

Man I did the same thing for two years with moly grease.

luna5502d ago

Three years with the same tub of Lucas red grease for me. That stuff never seemed to run out, I used it on my tractor hitch and a few trailer ball joints. It just stayed put through rain and mud, never washed away like some of the cheaper stuff. I only stopped because I lost the tub when I moved shops.