GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING UP
Grease and oil can be your friend or your enemy when it comes to classic cars. They are needed to keep parts moving freely, but when mixed with dirt they can form a paste that destroys components, and when applied to the wrong parts (such as brake discs) can potentially have catastrophic consequences. Sometimes it can seem like a constant battle to keep certain parts clean and other parts lubricated!
It's perhaps fair to say that the main aim of grease (or any maintenance lubricant) is to keep a component moving freely, but there’s more to this subject and you have to know your products. Take the slider pins used in many single-piston brake calipers from the 1980s onwards, for example. If these pins are fitted through rubber inserts, then lubricating them with
