Caliper sliding pin boots

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?

Thanks.

Dan.

 

Wow. I thought Toyotas were 'expensive'!

Try AutoZone or another good AP store in your area. And, look in the
"HELP!" section of the store. HELP! parts are marketed by Dorman IIRC, and
they may have a Dorman catalogue with more parts available than are on the
rack.

And get this: In order to replace the rubber suspension bushings on the
lower cotrol arms for my Supra, I have to replace the WHOLE CONTROL ARM!!!
$210 in order to get parts that should total $75!!

 

Check at http://www.slhonda.com/ They show a caliper pack which has the
boots and other seals for $17.43. Part no 01463-SDA-A00.
Check with your dealer for the service pack or order on line at the site. SL
Honda is a dealer that sells on line at discounted prices. You may need to
run through the selections as I just dummied up trim levels, etc.

 

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.

 

http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com

A Caliper seal kit is $15.23+shipping per side.

I would avoid using non OE parts, the rubber tends not to last as long. As
Tegger noted, use Sil-Glyde silicone grease. AGS,
http://www.agscompany.com, makes two different types. One is "Brake
Lubricant" and the other is regular Sil-Glyde. I'm not sure what the
differences are between the two. If you read the MSDS sheets for the two,
then you'll note that they're very similar. I use regular Sil-Glyde and
have not had a problem with it.

Eric

 

i've used sil-glyde - it's abysmal stuff. it gets absorbed by the
rubber and turns into an adhesive goo in no time.

"permatex ultra disk brake caliper lube" is the way to go.

 

i've had really bad experience with that stuff. i've found permatex to
be much better.

 

This is strange Jim. I have used Sil-Glyde for years and years with no
problems whatsoever...I have never used the Permatex but with your
recommendation I give it a try next time.

DaveD

 

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.

 

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.

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

Maybe it had melamine in it.

 

maybe indeed. even the stuff in the tube turned into a brown sticky goo.

 

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.

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