whata u guys use for pads & bolts grease?

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  • slyone
    • Feb 2026

    #1

    whata u guys use for pads & bolts grease?

    Suzuki lists 99000-25110 grease for bolts
    and 99000-25100 grease for floating pads
    Mine had a really sticky/gooey tar like red stuff on the pads??
  • Agemax
    Forum Guru
    • Apr 2008
    • 8371
    • plymouth uk

    #2
    copper grease
    1978 GS1085.

    Just remember, an opinion without 3.14 is just an onion!

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    • Brendan W
      Forum Sage
      Past Site Supporter
      • Jul 2013
      • 4929
      • Wexford, Ireland

      #3
      Silicone grease on the sliders, copper grease sparingly on the metal to metal edges of the pads. The red stuff is probably ' rubber grease' use to check corrosion between the front of the piston and caliper. Avoid oil based greases getting on seals or dust boots - over time it swells them.
      97 R1100R
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      80 GS850G, 79 Z400B, 85 R100RT, 80 Z650D, 76 CB200

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      • Guest

        #4
        +1 on copper grease, both the axles and the very edges of the pads where they slide along the caliper.

        I used ordinary marine grease initially and after about 18 months it was tacky and sticky and was causing the pads to drag badly enough on the rotor to cause brake fade from heat.

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        • Flyboy

          #5
          What everyone else said.
          I am never without a tube in the garage.

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          • slyone

            #6
            Thanks all, now I just gotta find out where to get some here ion upstate NY?????

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            • tkent02
              Forum LongTimer
              Past Site Supporter
              • Jan 2006
              • 35571
              • Near South Park

              #7
              The internet sells it.
              http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...tatesMap-1.jpg

              Life is too short to ride an L.

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