o.k., i'm 16 so i guess i can ask this question and not sound totally stupid. my dad threw his back out and is extremely grouchy (laying in bed all day) so i've been giving him his space, and i'm not about to wake him. anyways, i bought the pads for my 86 4x4. easy for me to do by myself, but the woman at autozone tried selling me some of that lube in a packet for like a buck a piece, and i told her no, but she insisted i bought it, but i still passed, because we have a good size jar of anit-seize at home, isn't this the exact same stuff? thanks.

 

She may have been trying to sell you the non-squeak stuff that you apply to the pads.

 

no, i got that, she was selling the stuff for all the contact points. (on the back of pads)

 

give her credit for trying to increase her sales quota, if you have lube at home, you dont need more.

lee

 

Yeah, don't be too hard on her. My wife works at Autozone, and it's corporate policy for sales to suggest related items that you may need (like anti-sieze, pad backing silencer, brake fluid, etc.). If they don't, they could get a bad review and end up losing their job. Some of the corporate policies don't make much sense, but then again we occasionally get some free products when they discontinue selling them. Perks of the job... Anyway, at least she wasn't trying to sell you one of those Tornado things!

 

The non-squeak stuff is the stuff you put on the back of the pads. There isn't a lube for the front of the pads.

Are you going to have the rotors machined or did you get new rotors? It's somewhat of a PITA on the older trucks like yours to get the rotors off.

 

Hahaha
There's the vibration deadener goo for the backs of the pads, or pad shims instead-
the stuff he's talking about is like he said, at the contact points (caliper piston externally, bolts, anti rattle clips, where metal touches metal, etc). Make sure the stuff you've got is high-temp.

 

i did my rotors and pads it anit to hard just make sure you lay every thing out as it comes out there lots of spacers and stuff that should not get mixed up

 

Not to hijack, but I need to do my front brakes soon too. Vatozone and Checker websites say that OEM pads were organic - any reason to stick with organic, or can I go semi-metallic?

Brian

 

i have these http://www.hawkperformance.com/truck/superduty.php and power slot rotors it stops alot shorter than it use to

 

or it could have been caliper grease... which is differnet than anti seize becuase it is a high temp grease which does not melt away when you use the brakes

 

Best thing to do is go to a place like CARQUEST, where their premium brakes are manufactured by a reputable company (raybestos) and are 'application engineered' meaning that the friction material formula in each set of pads/shoes is specifically formulated for that model of vehicle. In some cases this entails semi-mets and in others it means fully organic or ceramic. So if raybestos found out that a different friction material blend worked better for your truck than the OE blend did, that's what you'll get. I don't mean to pimp out CARQUEST brakes, but they're guaranteed not to squeak, and in my experience, they live up to their guarantee. That's a serious claim. They also sell a value-line of brakes, but, mehhhh....you get what yo pay for!

 

Who do you work for Spindleshanks?

 

anti-seize is rated to 1600 degrees i ain't expectin it too get much hotter than that

 

I work for WIX filters, in conjunction with CARQUEST.. I do not, however, work for Raybestos or CARQUEST. I've really been happy with their brakes on my company car. I spend all my time calling on dealers and I've heard consistently good reports on the raybestos CARQUEST brakes. No other product line seems to get such overwhelming acclaim in the profession.

 

I didn't mean to imply anything - was just thinking you did was all.

 

do you find those pads chew up the rotors? i need something new on the 4runner as the stopping performance is pathic

 

use the grease but dont apply heavily. dont want it flinging onto the rotors

 

she was trying to sell you WITTDGR stupid add on stuf that you wont need the "brake Lubricant" she was selling is multipurpose for contact points but works best on caliperr slide bolts which you dont have...ask me how i know i work at autozone and thats all they care about is WITTDGR....WHAT IT TAKES TO DO JOB RIGHT...stupid stupid...

 

What It Takes To Do the Gob Right?

Brian