# Greased Wrong Side of Brake Pad

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/greased-wrong-side-of-brake-pad/54260>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** brakes\
**Created:** [August 28, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greased-wrong-side-of-brake-pad/54260 "2010-08-28T03:20:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![matthewkmaxwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@matthewkmaxwell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/matthewkmaxwell)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greased-wrong-side-of-brake-pad/54260/1 "2010-08-28T03:20:19Z")

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OK, first, I’m an idiot.  
  
  
  
 Second, I accidentally put grease on the contact side of the new brake pads for my wife’s car.  
  
  
  
 Will they A) stink and smoke for a while and then be OK; or B) kill her in a firey crash?

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greased-wrong-side-of-brake-pad/54260/2 "2010-08-28T03:58:30Z")

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I’d get new ones.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greased-wrong-side-of-brake-pad/54260/3 "2010-08-28T04:22:23Z")

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Don’t gamble. Toss them and buy another set of pads.

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greased-wrong-side-of-brake-pad/54260/4 "2010-08-28T04:31:40Z")

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How well do you like your wife?

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**Author:** ![JayWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@JayWB](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JayWB)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greased-wrong-side-of-brake-pad/54260/5 "2010-08-28T05:51:46Z")

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Replace the pads. Alternatively, you can buy brake cleaner that will remove the grease, but considering how much pads cost, you won’t be ahead very much.

You said you put grease on the wrong side of the pad. I assume you intended to put the grease on the other side. Don’t put it there either, that’s a pretty poor idea as well.

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**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 9:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greased-wrong-side-of-brake-pad/54260/6 "2010-08-28T09:40:55Z")

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I agree wholeheartedly. Use ‘Disc Brake Quiet’. It was made specifically for pad back dressing and will not catch fire.

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**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/greased-wrong-side-of-brake-pad/54260/7 "2010-08-28T13:43:37Z")

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Or your wife’s car?