caliper grease

[barry badger]

I've just fitted two reconditioned calipers to the front of my tzd, i would like to put some grease under the piston dust covers.
what type of grease should i use? looking on various sites the general concensus seems to be red rubber lube, although a silicone grease is also recommended.
Also i want to change the front brake flexi pipes as they are quite badly cracked. I have one which is a corteco 19018449 which crosses over to a Dephi lh 6015, is this the right one? The thread sizes are listed as M9x1.25 and M10x1. My car has ABS. I've read that ABS brake flexis are no longer available, but there's lots of the above delphi pipes on ebay.

[citronut]

here is price and part No. from citroen dealer

with ABS

Part Number Description Quantity Price excl. VAT Price incl. VAT Total incl. VAT Selection
95632790 BRAKE HOSE FRNT 23.97 GBP 28.76 GBP 28.76 GBP

still showing as available from citroen

either see if you can cross ref that part No. with the two brands you posted,
or do a gooooogly search with that OE part No.,
or aim it at your local factors

fits all these variants of BX

WITH ABS BRAKES SINCE RPO 03887 EXCEPT TURBO
WITH ABS BRAKES UNTIL RPO 03886
WITH ABS BRAKES AND TURBO
WITH ABS BRAKES AND 4X4

regards malcolm