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puttitin wrote:

He didn't put any type of a grease on the pads before putting them on though. I've seen on here that it's recommended. Why should that be done? And what type of grease should I buy and how thick to put on the pads? Thanks much!!

It is an easy job. It isn't absolutely necessary to grease the back of the pads. If they don't squeal don't worry about it. If they get noisy a thin film on the back where they contact the pistons will help reduce the noise. Use high temp grease, auto parts stores have brake grease and you can get a small tube of it. Regular grease will just get hot and smoke.