"Dry" Lubricant for brake pads

[dpriggins]

Is there any such thing as a "Dry" Lubricant to put on the disc brake clips?

I know you are supposed to put brake grease on the M clips to help the pads slide back and forth. My problem is that I live on a dirt/gravel road and the dust and junk that gets kicked up mixes with the grease. This mix of dust and grease eventually solidifies and binds the pads in the clips. Because the pads won't retract easily, the pads wear prematurely. I'm really not wild about taking the pads out every few months to clean and re-grease the clips.

So, I'm wondering if there is some sort of dry lubricant that won't trap the dirt or even (maybe) Teflon M clips.

 

[MakeMeGoFast]

Graphite would be good but unfortunately any type of dry lube would blow away once you start driving and a paste would do the same as the grease.

 

[dpriggins]

Already tried graphite. Hard to get it to adhere to the surfaces and not much staying power.

 

[slavrenz]

are you running alloy rims? Perhaps you could switch to steel rims to better shield your brakes?

 

[dpriggins]

Might help a little but the major source of dust is from the stuff that builds up on the inside of the rim. As long as the wheel is turning the centripetal force holds the dust against the inside of the rim. But as soon as he wheel stops, all the dust on the upper part of the wheel falls on the brakes.

 

[slavrenz]

Might help a little but the major source of dust is from the stuff that builds up on the inside of the rim. As long as the wheel is turning the centripetal force holds the dust against the inside of the rim. But as soon as he wheel stops, all the dust on the upper part of the wheel falls on the brakes.

But regular brake lube has worked for millions of cars with the exact same brake dusting issue, so I don't think you're going to find too much in terms of solutions. One thing you can do is upgrade to the best brake lube out there. Permatex makes a brake lube with bits of ceramic mixed in that is supposed to keep it working much longer than conventional lubes. It's expensive (about $20 for one of those bottles with the brush in it), but it's absolutely the best stuff you can buy.

 

[dpriggins]

Hmmm, I'll have to look for it . Anything to keep from going through a set of brake pads every 20K miles.

Part of the problem is the road id covered with crusher stone. It has a binder that is similar to concrete. When it gets wet and then dries into a very hard crust.