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Re: Distributor Questions


On 12 Aug 98, at 8:18, Greg Merritt wrote:

>  I scrounged up a tube of honest-to-goodness distributor cam lube.
> It took two sales drones, a manager, lots of persistance on my part, and
> about ten minutes for them to find it waaaay in the back room of the auto
> parts place.  It exists!

Bosch makes (or at least markets) such a grease and it's great stuff. 
I use it religiously, and my tube will still last my lifetime.

>  To complete your collection, you might also chase down a tube of
> brake grease.  (No, I am *not* joking!)  It's for lubricating the
> metal-on-metal parts of the braking system, such as where the shoes rub
> against the backing plate and where the mount in the adjusting screws and
> wheel cylinders.

I have a tube of the aTe brake cylinder paste that was a waste of 
money, but I have never seen the stuff you're talking about.  Who 
makes it and what's special about it?  I thought any good Lithium 
grease would do, but I prefer some with the Moly DiSulfide additive.

Jim
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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