copperslip Copper grease)

Ive always used copper grease on the fixings when ive reassembled somthing mechanical as i was told when young this was a good thing to do

The thing is up untill today ive never asked why copper grease and not other types of grease

I bet theres loads of things i was told when younger that ive always done that way and never questioned why

 

Copper dissipates heat more readily

 

it never goes of owen nw

 

^^whs.
It's good in high temp areas. Brakes and such like.

 

Also doesn't rust so should not seize

 

It gives your fingers a lovely coppery tan look.

 

I find the cheap toilet paper is more a chocolate tan colour I like think of the second week tan shade.

 

Well, I've seen you guys painting it on every surface and I think you're mad. Grease attracts dirt.

At TE we have someone who works for Girling I think, or some well known brake manufacturer. He says don't use it - it dries up due to the dirt and dust it attracts and jams everything up. Only use on the back of you brake pads it they don't come with the rippled "stuff" stuck on the back, and never in you adjusters.

I can only agree from experience. Every jammed solid aduster has been packed with the stuff and it turns to glue - I know it's copper-ease because there's always a new bit and the bottom of the hole doing nothing.

I do use it, but exceedingly sparingly.

 

I use it on bolt threads most often or mating surfaces like between the hub and brake disc
Places where dirt doesent ingress that much

I think owen has shares in it though lol

Its on my adjusters but only on the threads

 

Copper slip, or anti sieze compound, I use it a lot, helps nuts and bolts come free when you need them too, if your worried about nuts or bolts backing off always use a spring washer or a nyloc nut

 

My tub off coper grease says not to use on friction areas so no bearings etc I use it for brake pads and small bolts other than that I don't use it

 

i can see this tub lasting some time as i dont do many brakes lol

 

Zed is there any reason not to fill my clutch cable,accelerator cable and handbrake cable conduits full of grease?

Not copper grease but the stuff in tubes that fit my grease gun?

I was going to make a conduit cap with a grease nipple in and ram them full of grease

 

Another copper grease fan here. Like Paradox, I use it (sparingly) on bolts'n'stuff to stop them seizing on.

It's not a lubricant - just an anti-sieze compound.

 

Sounds good idea to me mate - it's where things are exposed it seems to go wrong - rear brakes being foremost on the list.