Could you explain the issue a bit further? Maybe some pictures?
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so here's the history:
- 55k miles i have a bad shutter due to warping the rotors (i live in a highly hilly area and I'm a pretty aggressive driver) so i pull the rotors, have them turned, clean out the bracket and pins, regrease and install new pads
- 65k miles, notice that i have excessive wear on the passenger side pad (tons of brake dust on the rim), pull the tire and notice that one pad is shot while the other is pretty good. Check and notice that the one pin is not floating but basically stuck compressed in (the pin with the rubber). I change the pads and rotors out, clean out the pin and housing again feel a bit uncomfortable about the pin when i reinstall it. It just doesn't seem to float like i would expect (press the pin in and it pushes back out).
- 70k miles, pull my winter tires and decide to check on the brakes again, notice that the pin is seized into one position. force the pin out using a hammer and screw driver to brake it free. Still see no damage to the pin so i change the rubber, clean and regrease, and reinstall the pads. I still feel a bit uneasy about how when i push the pin in, it doesnt seem to want to come out.
I'm using the following grease and maybe that's my issue? but i've used it on other vehicles with no problems before.
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This is the first time i've ever worked on a car that has this rubber tip on one of the slides so maybe it's not supposed to be as free floating as the other pin? just seemed odd that it really didn't want to budge. I've ordered a new set of pins and hardware and plan to change them out when they arrive but maybe i'm missing something else?
- 55k miles i have a bad shutter due to warping the rotors (i live in a highly hilly area and I'm a pretty aggressive driver) so i pull the rotors, have them turned, clean out the bracket and pins, regrease and install new pads
- 65k miles, notice that i have excessive wear on the passenger side pad (tons of brake dust on the rim), pull the tire and notice that one pad is shot while the other is pretty good. Check and notice that the one pin is not floating but basically stuck compressed in (the pin with the rubber). I change the pads and rotors out, clean out the pin and housing again feel a bit uncomfortable about the pin when i reinstall it. It just doesn't seem to float like i would expect (press the pin in and it pushes back out).
- 70k miles, pull my winter tires and decide to check on the brakes again, notice that the pin is seized into one position. force the pin out using a hammer and screw driver to brake it free. Still see no damage to the pin so i change the rubber, clean and regrease, and reinstall the pads. I still feel a bit uneasy about how when i push the pin in, it doesnt seem to want to come out.
I'm using the following grease and maybe that's my issue? but i've used it on other vehicles with no problems before.
This is the first time i've ever worked on a car that has this rubber tip on one of the slides so maybe it's not supposed to be as free floating as the other pin? just seemed odd that it really didn't want to budge. I've ordered a new set of pins and hardware and plan to change them out when they arrive but maybe i'm missing something else?
Is the rubber tip in the right hole? I'm not sure on ours but most (that I've worked on minus Nissan) put the rubber on the bottom, the idea being it'll act as a buffer for vibration (engineers?)
also i always have 2 greases for brakes one for the shims for the pads and one for the slides, I've always used slide grease similar to the posted pic, and one like yours for the pads themselves.
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Make sure to spray brake cleaner in the holes, and shove a rag in there with a screw driver on it to get it all out, and you realistically only need a light coating on the new ones,
Best of luck
also i always have 2 greases for brakes one for the shims for the pads and one for the slides, I've always used slide grease similar to the posted pic, and one like yours for the pads themselves.
Make sure to spray brake cleaner in the holes, and shove a rag in there with a screw driver on it to get it all out, and you realistically only need a light coating on the new ones,
Best of luck
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