Help please with brake mystery

I think this is the official Toyota Grease for calliper pins:

Toyota brake lubricant:
caliper pin grease:
lithium soap base glycol (rubber) grease
p/n: 08887-01206

I've been using Sil-Glyde Brake Lubricant, readily available at retail auto places. It's held up fine, recently rechecking our front brakes, around 30K km's since I last applied it.

And for points of contact between brake pad, to shim, to caliper: Permatex Anti-Seize Compound is something I've used for decades.

 

Thank you for a useful reply, it is greatly appreciated. "You did it wrong" with no amplifying correction isn't much help. I go through 10,000 miles in about 6 months when I will rotate the tires next, so I'll watch the brakes until then and probably replace the rubber dust boots and lubricant. Does that sound reasonable? I mistook Lithium Glycol based grease in the repair manual to mean Lithium White grease.

 

Yeah I noticed that when I posted the Toyota description. It would be great if they would give some part numbers at least. You can get the Toyota grease at any dealership parts department I think.

It's only in the last decade I turned my attention to pin lube, before that I would just relube the pad contact surfaces with the anti-seize. I think I just got lucky, not keeping cars that long helped too. When I started thinking about pin lube I asked a lot of questions and read up, and the Sil-Glyde was mentioned a lot: readily available and effective/safe.

 

OP, you live in Ontario like me. My driver-side brakes seem to be wearing fast.

I had a very similar problem with my 2012 Prius. It all started with the below post two years ago:
Rear Passenger Side Brake Squeal | PriusChat

• Two years ago at 75,000km or so, I suffered from rear brake squeal because outer rear driver side pad was worn to metal. As a result, I replaced the rear brake pads. The passenger side pads were like new.
• Last year, I noticed that my driver side brake pads were wearing much faster than my passenger side ones. I re-lubed the pins on the driver side before winter.
• Last month, at 121,000km I saw uneven wear on the outer rear brake pad on the driver side. This time, I gave up and replaced both rear rotors and pads. The rear pins had a lot rust on them which I sanded off.

I hope replacing both rear rotors/pads will fix the problem. It is now wait and see for me. I suspect that the caliper pins are getting rusted and the lubrication is drying up too fast.

I am currently using Prematex Slick caliper lube. I plan to try Ez-Flo lube next. I can't seem to find at Syl-Glide here in Toronto.

I am having brake woes, but I don't seem to have my rotors running hot.

 

I gave you that correction, but I guess you didn't get it. Look, I'm sorry I replied to your post that's a hijack of this thread in the first place.

 

Dear Mandel from Vancity. Thank you for setting this thread up. This is the most scientific thread with most information available about the famous" Tapered (uneven wear) of rear pad".
Picture shows my old 1 winter old Wagner pads from salty brine soak hwy in winter

even i changed my pad and rotors, new clips, lube all the pins, clean the caliper brackets, even grind the pad ends to the extreme angle, you can see the inner circumference is not touching the rotor

This affects:
2011-2016 TC
2010-2015 Prius lift back
2009-2010 Vibe-FWD 2.4 or 1.8
2009-2014 Matrix-XR/S (FWD)
2008-2015 XB
2011-2017 Lexus CT
2014-2019 Corolla SE /XSE

 

Picture below show after changing the pad holder clip, scrub area improved and compare to right wheel rotor mating performance

 

Beveled wear on the rear pads is very likely due to the misaligned caliper piston. There’s a link in my signature with more detail. If on a phone turn it landscape orientation to see signatures.