I recently replaced the brakes on my 2000 S-Type and thought this information might help others. http://www.gusglikas.com/images/Auto...RearBrakes.pdf I replaced the brakes because I heard what I thought was metal to metal

 

Very, very nice write up!

Did you happen to inspect the rear surface of the rotors? Mine were toast even though the front sides looked good as new. I also took advantage of the ooportunity to lubricate the parking brake cable end and caliper mechanism. It was suffering from the same grease washout as your caliper pins and I'm sure would have seized in short order.

White grease is perhaps not the best choice for this applicatio as it tends to melt at a relatively low temperature. Hopefully the boots will seal and the grease will not run out.

Mike

 

Mike,
I did check the inside and it was ok so I left it alone for now. As for the white grease I did a lot of research in this area for the office. This grease http://www.pennzoil.com/documents/Mu...e%20Grease.pdf is the only grease that I could find at the time that had a high and low temperature rating and outperformed all others. We needed grease for electrical applications that were subjected to extreme weather and operating conditions of voltages up to 19,920 volts or 19.9kv and this was it. I found another as a backup but for now I personally us it because it does not lump or jell like the stuff out of the can.

 

Ah- I thought you had used the old fashioned white grease like Lubriplate. never mind!

 

No problem Mike, most people think that as well.

 

My buddy's grandfather was a locomotive engineer in the UK and retired back when steam was still king. His favourite saying (I never really understood when it might be appropriate to use it) was that white grease was one of the miracle products of the modern age. You can mix mayonnaise with it, and it doesn't hurt the taste of the grease at all.

 

That's HIGH voltage indeed!!

(Or an excess k lol)

 

Should be 19.9kv or 19,920volts, 34.5kv phase to phase. Sorry!

 

It was funny! Not many play with THOSE voltages

 

Yes that is correct, and most have no idea how they are used. My experience for 35 years is with 500, 230, 115, 34.5, 12.5 & 4kv and the normal 477/480 to 120/240.