Always clean the surfaces that touch the pad backing plates (& all other points of metal-to-metal contact) before applying brake grease to them. Of course, the caliper & pad SLIDES are far more-critical than the spot where the brush is in this photo, but it's hard to do much with 1 hand working the camera. Drum brakes need even more cleaning.

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Owner caption August 2011 · Photo 3795 of 5000