Re: Wrong grease in brakes Reply #25 – March 14, 2012, 02:53:06 pm For those of you that might be interested in some pics of the air brakes, here are some from my coach. It looks like the wrong grease (red) was injected into all four automatic slack adjusters; however, only the rear calipers got the wrong grease. Let me know if you think I'm wrong after viewing the pics. Quote Selected
Re: Wrong grease in brakes Reply #26 – March 14, 2012, 03:56:44 pm George,the grease they used on the slack adjuster's is O K,the caliper that has the red grease will have to be purged,I see no red grease on the other caliper's. Quote Selected
Re: Wrong grease in brakes Reply #27 – March 15, 2012, 03:44:35 pm I talked to Bill Willett yesterday and he suggested pulling the grease fittings on the rear calipers to confirm that the red lithium grease actually got into the calipers. I did this today and I am glad to report that there was no evidence of red grease inside. The inside the nipple showed only gray grease and when I probed the caliper with a small Allen wrench, there was no red grease to be found.... only gray. So it looks like I dodged the bullet!The slack adjusters were all lubed but the advice I have received from forum members that have looked into this, including Bill, is that lithium grease is OK and does not need to be removed.Once again the Forum has come through with great advice and help! Thanks to all that responded to my posts. And thanks to Michelle and Steve for the Foreforum! Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Wrong grease in brakes Reply #28 – March 16, 2012, 11:23:25 pm Here are some pics of the correct grease for the Meritor air disk brakes. Got it from FOT today. Cost is $24 per tube. Quote Selected
Re: Wrong grease in brakes Reply #29 – March 17, 2012, 09:29:13 am Thanks for posting the pics. I saw there was a manufactured date on the tube. Was wondering if anyone at FOT said anything about how long the grease is good for? Quote Selected
Re: Wrong grease in brakes Reply #30 – March 17, 2012, 10:13:33 am I used mobil one synthetic Clay based grease. The old grease came out in chunks but this stuff has stayed softer as I had a bit more purged when I cleaned out the calipers. Quote Selected 1 Likes
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