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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.

Thanks Andy will get some of that on order

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

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.

You got a link to that stuff Andy?

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.

Ta muchly