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#11 (**permalink**) 10 May 2007, 07:59 am

Tegger wrote:
> jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
> news:dLOdnSmsHriKPd_bnZ2dnUVZ_r-onZ2d@speakeasy.net:
>
>> Tegger wrote:
>>> highkm <ic3po@mac.com> wrote in news:1178636660.824881.184980
>>> @q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:
>>>
>>>> Howdy.
>>>>
>>>> Did anyone ever have to replace the sliding pin boots on a 2003
>>>> accord 4 cyl? I need to replace all 8 of them but the dealer wants
>>>> $50 for just one side. This is a ripoff. Does anyone know where one
>>>> can purchase these without having to purchase the entire caliper
>>>> overhaul kit?
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you hadn't used the wrong grease in the first place, you wouldn't
>>> be in this pickle. Those boots last the life of the car, treated
>>> right.
>>>
>>> Use "Sil-Glyde" only. Available at your local auto parts store.
>>>
>> i've had really bad experience with that stuff. i've found permatex
>> to be much better.
>>
>
>
> Been using Sil-Glyde for twenty years. Never a problem. I still have all
> eitght original pin boots on my brakes and they do not even show signs of
> cracking, much less splitting.
>
they don't crack or split, but they get badly gummed up in my
experience. i don't think sil-glyde is a pure silicone. and of course,
they don't say on the label.

in addition to permatex which is a good over-the-counter assembly lube,
there's some stuff by bendix that's supposed to be good and dow
corning's molykote m77 is i understand oem lube for the sliders.

#12 (**permalink**) 10 May 2007, 08:03 am

Tegger wrote:
> jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
> news:g6udnRlh6II_AN_bnZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t:
>
>
>> i've used sil-glyde - it's abysmal stuff. it gets absorbed by the
>> rubber and turns into an adhesive goo in no time.
>
>
>
> I'm not sure what you're referring to here, but it most certainly does not
> get absorbed by the rubber to the point the rubber degrades. That is a
> characteristic of petroleum-based anti-seizes.
>
> If Sil-Glyde caused rubber degradation, I think I would have seen that in
> 20 years of (twice-yearly) use.
>
>
>> "permatex ultra disk brake caliper lube" is the way to go.
>>
>
>
> I'm sure that's fine too, but there's not a thing wrong with Sil-Glyde.
>
> Sil-Glyde is especially good for wet, salty environments like mine. Since
> the stuff is so thick, it is less prone to washing away.
>
it's possible i had a "dud" tube of the stuff, but the time i used it, i
had occasion to strip my stuff down again a few months later, and all
was gummed to blazes. never had that with a true silicone before. i'd
used it on brake rubber and suspension sway bar bushings. the bushings
were completely stuck solid - the bushings had to be cut off and renewed.

#13 (**permalink**) 10 May 2007, 11:02 am

jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
news:qJCdnWQtmZuFit7bnZ2dnUVZ_ubinZ2d@speakeasy.ne t:

> Tegger wrote:

>>
>> Been using Sil-Glyde for twenty years. Never a problem. I still have
>> all eitght original pin boots on my brakes and they do not even show
>> signs of cracking, much less splitting.
>>
> they don't crack or split, but they get badly gummed up in my
> experience. i don't think sil-glyde is a pure silicone. and of
> course, they don't say on the label.
>
> in addition to permatex which is a good over-the-counter assembly
> lube, there's some stuff by bendix that's supposed to be good and dow
> corning's molykote m77 is i understand oem lube for the sliders.
>

Sil-Glyde does NOT "gum up" ANY rubber boots on ANY Honda EVER. I don't
know what you were using, but it sure wasn't Sil-Glyde.

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#14 (**permalink**) 10 May 2007, 11:03 am

jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
news:VrWdnYLDht-Lhd7bnZ2dnUVZ_qemnZ2d@speakeasy.net:

> Tegger wrote:
>> jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
>> news:g6udnRlh6II_AN_bnZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t:
>>
>>
>>> i've used sil-glyde - it's abysmal stuff. it gets absorbed by the
>>> rubber and turns into an adhesive goo in no time.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure what you're referring to here, but it most certainly
>> does not get absorbed by the rubber to the point the rubber degrades.
>> That is a characteristic of petroleum-based anti-seizes.
>>
>> If Sil-Glyde caused rubber degradation, I think I would have seen
>> that in 20 years of (twice-yearly) use.
>>
>>
>>> "permatex ultra disk brake caliper lube" is the way to go.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I'm sure that's fine too, but there's not a thing wrong with
>> Sil-Glyde.
>>
>> Sil-Glyde is especially good for wet, salty environments like mine.
>> Since the stuff is so thick, it is less prone to washing away.
>>
> it's possible i had a "dud" tube of the stuff, but the time i used it,
> i had occasion to strip my stuff down again a few months later, and
> all was gummed to blazes. never had that with a true silicone before.
> i'd used it on brake rubber and suspension sway bar bushings. the
> bushings were completely stuck solid - the bushings had to be cut off
> and renewed.
>

Whatever that tube had in it, it certainly wasn't the stuff that's been
sold to me as "Sil-Glyde" for two decades.

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#15 (**permalink**) 10 May 2007, 01:58 pm

"Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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>
>
> Whatever that tube had in it, it certainly wasn't the stuff that's been
> sold to me as "Sil-Glyde" for two decades.
>

There is a black market for almost everything - maybe it was bogus and got
into the store's supply stream.

Mike

#16 (**permalink**) 10 May 2007, 02:29 pm

"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in
news:Po-dnQ3hru3c9t7bnZ2dnUVZ_vamnZ2d@sedona.net:

> "Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
> news:Xns992C7AA1F5CB2tegger@207.14.116.130...
>>
>>
>> Whatever that tube had in it, it certainly wasn't the stuff that's
>> been sold to me as "Sil-Glyde" for two decades.
>>
>
> There is a black market for almost everything - maybe it was bogus and
> got into the store's supply stream.
>

Maybe it had melamine in it.

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#17 (**permalink**) 10 May 2007, 10:06 pm

Tegger wrote:
> "Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in
> news:Po-dnQ3hru3c9t7bnZ2dnUVZ_vamnZ2d@sedona.net:
>
>> "Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
>> news:Xns992C7AA1F5CB2tegger@207.14.116.130...
>>>
>>> Whatever that tube had in it, it certainly wasn't the stuff that's
>>> been sold to me as "Sil-Glyde" for two decades.
>>>
>> There is a black market for almost everything - maybe it was bogus and
>> got into the store's supply stream.
>>
>
>
>
> Maybe it had melamine in it.
>
>
maybe indeed. even the stuff in the tube turned into a brown sticky goo.

#18 (**permalink**) 10 May 2007, 10:23 pm

Tegger wrote:
>
> Maybe it had melamine in it.

-------------------------

:-( MMMEEEEEEoooooooooooowwwwwwww :-(

'Curly'

#19 (**permalink**) 11 May 2007, 09:27 am

Tegger wrote:
>>> Been using Sil-Glyde for twenty years. Never a problem. I still have
>>> all eitght original pin boots on my brakes and they do not even show
>[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>> lube, there's some stuff by bendix that's supposed to be good and dow
>> corning's molykote m77 is i understand oem lube for the sliders.
>
>Sil-Glyde does NOT "gum up" ANY rubber boots on ANY Honda EVER. I don't
>know what you were using, but it sure wasn't Sil-Glyde.
>

Do they even make Sil-Glyde anymore? I used to use it regularly and then I
noticed that I could no longer find it in the stores anymore. I looked around
online and I'm prettty sure I read that it had been taken of the market. Am I
mistaken? I haven't seen it in the stores in my area for at least five years.

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#20 (**permalink**) 11 May 2007, 04:33 pm

"Headknocker via CarKB.com" <u18602@uwe> wrote in
news:72052be93b778@uwe:

> Tegger wrote:
>>>> Been using Sil-Glyde for twenty years. Never a problem. I still
>>>> have all eitght original pin boots on my brakes and they do not
>>>> even show
>>[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>>> lube, there's some stuff by bendix that's supposed to be good and
>>> dow corning's molykote m77 is i understand oem lube for the sliders.
>>
>>Sil-Glyde does NOT "gum up" ANY rubber boots on ANY Honda EVER. I
>>don't know what you were using, but it sure wasn't Sil-Glyde.
>>
>
>
> Do they even make Sil-Glyde anymore? I used to use it regularly and
> then I noticed that I could no longer find it in the stores anymore. I
> looked around online and I'm prettty sure I read that it had been
> taken of the market. Am I mistaken? I haven't seen it in the stores in
> my area for at least five years.
>

It's still made and sold. Readily available at NAPA and other places.

<http://www.agscompany.com/products/index.php?catId=53&viewProducts=true>

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