Dustin Jackson
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I value both of the suggestions you guys gave me and so I met you both in the middle and am not doing a full break in procedure. I'm just braking gently for the next tank of gas.
Full disclosure, the only part that I greased was the sliding pins and the caliper piston boots because they were dry, I got a brush in there and removed as much of the old grease as I could from the pin holes and just gave it a light coating of lube and made sure the pins are moving freely.
I noticed when I took the brakes apart that the break dust and dirt had gathered on all the parts that I greased 2 years ago. I live in a pretty dry environment and California doesn't use salt on the roads so I felt that greasing everything would just encourage crap to stick to my brakes so I did this job dry.
Today I took the Tahoe into town and got an amazing carne asada burrito with a good friend and the brakes and burrito performed excellently.
Full disclosure, the only part that I greased was the sliding pins and the caliper piston boots because they were dry, I got a brush in there and removed as much of the old grease as I could from the pin holes and just gave it a light coating of lube and made sure the pins are moving freely.
I noticed when I took the brakes apart that the break dust and dirt had gathered on all the parts that I greased 2 years ago. I live in a pretty dry environment and California doesn't use salt on the roads so I felt that greasing everything would just encourage crap to stick to my brakes so I did this job dry.
Today I took the Tahoe into town and got an amazing carne asada burrito with a good friend and the brakes and burrito performed excellently.