Needs advice - regarding use of Silicone Ceramic Brake Lubricant for brake job

Hi guys,

I am about to do brake job on my prius v 2016. I was looking for the silicone lubricant for the lubricating brake parts, including caliper pins.

I could not find clear silicone paste but I found "Silicone Ceramic Brake Lubricant" by Permatex. I contains silicone with ceramic solids. It claims that it is safe for rubber etc.

Product link:-
https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/permatex-orange-silicone-ceramic-brake-lubricant-28-g-0381412p.html

But I read different reviews about the product where people claimed that it swelled the rubber part on the sliding pins on caliper.

Has anyone had any kind of such experience??

Thanks

 

Thanks Jzchen for your kind reply.

You are right that if might work but my concern is regarding the swelling of rubber seal which is present at the other end of sliding pin ( that gets inserted in the caliper).

Thanks though.

 

Hi Guys,

Thank you everyone for your kind advice regarding the do's and don'ts while doing brake work on my Prius v 2016. Every member of this awesome community is very special.
I also thank "Nutz & Boltz" for his videos that guide me during my first brake work.

I will quickly write the important steps/ observations that I took/noticed before and during this work:-

1 I disconnect my 12v battery in the beginning to avoid any issues with the brake actuator/ breaking system. (after brake work and reconnecting my 12v battery, I lost my radio setting and trip reading, both trip A and trip B. There was no affect on the window's roll up or roll down automation process.)

2 I called my Toyota dealer to ask regarding the type of OEM brake pads in my car and he told me its Semi-metallic. I noticed that when I put brakes, the sound make by the brakes was loud. So, I decided to go with the ceramic ones. Here is the picture where you can see the difference between the ceramic and semi-metallic pads shine.

3 Also, I bought the piston tool for my rear brakes but I found that its piston is simple as in the front brakes, so I did not use it. I am posting the picture of rear piston:-


4 In the front brakes, the upper caliper pins has no rubber (on both front brakes). Only the lower caliper pins and the all the rear caliper pins have rubber in the front end.



These are some of the findings during my brake job.

I used following lubricants for the work:-



So, thank you guys. There is no squeaking etc. while braking. Now, braking is very quiet.

Thanks again.

 

Hi ChapmanF,

Thank you for your observation. Lets hope for the best.

Thanks again.