OK. Now Lets Discuss Bearing Grease.

[oldmodman]

For the last ten years I have been using Amsoil Pure Synthetic Racing Grease, and Mobil 1 Synthetic Bearing Grease.

Both come in a tube and have kept all sorts of front wheel bearings properly lubricated.

But is there a high quality synthetic grease that you can get in a tub or can?

I have always re-lubed bearings by putting a blob of grease in the palm of my hand and slapping the bearing into it until the bearing is full of grease. And it's difficult to get the grease out of a tube.

 

[UnleashedBeast]

The only thing larger than a 14 oz. grease gun cartridge Amsoil offers its grease in is a 35 lb. lug. (5 gallon bucket)

It would be a lot easier to pack your bearing with fresh grease using a bearing packing tool that connects to your grease gun. Then the 14 oz. cartridge would be perfect.

Far as grease goes, I had an interesting experience with Amsoil Synthetic Polymeric Truck, Chassis and Equipment Grease, NLGI #2. Normally, when I would install a pulley on an Eaton supercharger, I'd use a cheap spot of grease to prevent binding allowing an easy install. However, one day I was out of cheap grease. I decided to try the new grease from Amsoil. They advertised the grease as being "pound out proof", meaning you can't displace it. It has a bonding characteristic that makes it adhere to metal surfaces. I honestly thought it was marketing bologna, but man was I wrong.

The pulley installed with this grease would NOT stay where I left it. The belt was able to walk the pulley out towards the front of the car. I had to remove the pulley, de-grease it, and reinstall. Now it stays put. See the picture below.

The purplish/rust colored goo you see is Amsoil grease. It formed a protective layer that did not displace when the pulley was pressed on.

Want the ultimate grease in your wheel bearings, use it. My rear poly suspension parts on the GT500 are dead silent using it.

This is the video I watched about "no pound out". At first I was a skeptic, but my real world experience proved me wrong.

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['03snkbt]

^ good info!

 

[UnleashedBeast]

Let's just say I will never make that mistake again. It's not often I get to tell someone that a certain Amsoil product is a terrible choice for a particular application. However, for other grease applications, it's the "bees knees".

 

[oldmodman]

That sure does sound like a great product for anytime you want a lubricant to actually lubricate.

It's strange that you never hear anything about greases on any of the various car sites.

But grease is not a very sexy subject.

 

[UnleashedBeast]

The grease I posted above may be too viscous for some application street car use, so there may be a better candidate.

The racing grease you have been using is a top contender.

 

[SID297]

I really like that grease gun bearing packer.

 

[me32]

Amsoil makes a damn good grease i have also used it with great success.

 

[UnleashedBeast]

Amsoil makes a damn good grease i have also used it with great success.

Just don't use their premier stuff on a pulley install. :lol1:

 

[STAMPEDE3]

I really like that grease gun bearing packer.

I have one, Used it a couple times. now it sits in the tool box as I feel I do it better by hand. lol

 

[SID297]

I have one, Used it a couple times. now it sits in the tool box as I feel I do it better by hand. lol

Everything I have uses unit bearing hubs.



I have used Mobil 1 grease a lot over there years but I don't like how it melts.

 

[UnleashedBeast]

I have used Mobil 1 grease a lot over there years but I don't like how it melts.

You would expect it to hang in there with a name like Mobil 1, but this is what happens when you heat up cheaper greases versus good stuff.

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[SID297]

I'm not even talking about heating it up. It melts and drips out of the grease gun.

 

[shadyninja]

I have the little 3 ounce grease tubes from Amsoil . love them

 

[UnleashedBeast]

I'm not even talking about heating it up. It melts and drips out of the grease gun.

So did the Lucas Red N' Tacky #2 I used before. It would drip out of the gun.

The Amsoil I use now doesn't do it at all.

 

[SID297]

So did the Lucas Red N' Tacky #2 I used before. It would drip out of the gun.

The Amsoil I use now doesn't do it at all.

I wonder why it does that?

 

[UnleashedBeast]

I wonder why it does that?

Some cheaper formulations allow thinner oily compounds to separate from the grease (carrier soap) faster than others. Gravity takes it toll and pulls is out of the bottom of the gun. The grease isn't immediately bad, just messy, and would be best to stir the mixture again if the grease has been sitting unused for a long duration. The pressure on the grease in a gun adds to the issue of squeezing out the base oil from the suspension soap. Higher quality grease will slow this process. However, if it does this in the gun, what does it do when in a wheel bearing or other critical lubrication area? This is why I began using better grease, my OCD.

The same way a better formulated liquid metal polish doesn't settle/separate like a cheaper mixture, not having to shake them well before use to remix the ingredients.

When you see a manufacturer advertise a grease that lasts up to X times longer, they probably have a more stable formulation to prevent separation. You'd assume this also means better base ingredients.

 

[SID297]

That was my suspicion.

 

[Jimmysidecarr]

:thumbsup:---> Automotive - Royal Purple

http://www.royalpurple.com/wp-content/uploads/Machinery_Lubrication_Industrial.pdf

http://www.royalpurple.com/wp-content/uploads/StreetThunder_GarageTest_UPG.pdf

I'm thinking about taking my sealed wheel bearings apart and refilling them with this RP UPG grease.

Some of the road race guys have had good results replacing the factory grease with a high quality synthetic. One of the Amsoil greases was what one of the guys was using with good results.

 

[NasteeNate]

Amsoil for life!