Rear drum

[syncroandy]

CLA='Clean-Lube-&-Adjust'. Soz it may be from another field such as cameras, not vans !

The 'grey stuff' is the solid lubricant paste the VW manual says to use on the pivots and where the shoes slide on the backplate. The adjuster always benefits from a cleanup and re-grease, I use a waterproof lithium grease inside to make sure the thing continues to do its job.

[Stesaw]

Thanks Andy will get some of that on order

[TONYT25T25]

Can CV and lith moly grease be used for this purpose, as I have some spare and don't like things going to waste.

[syncroandy]

The grey paste tends to stay put where its needed, moly or regular grease would spread out and wash off quite quickly I think. The shoes need to be free to slide about, if they're tending to jam up due to corrosion it would be a problem.

[Stesaw]

You got a link to that stuff Andy?

[syncroandy]

The paste is G000650, in a 100g tube. This is used on the shoe pivot and sliding points. A lithium grease, G052150A2 is specified for the adjuster, also for assembling the cylinder. See the Bentley for more info. I use a tiny bit of this on the threads when assembling brake unions to make them easier to undo next time.

[Stesaw]

Ta muchly