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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: ScottT on August 09, 2013, 09:10:11 AM
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Hi All,
As the subject reads.
I work for a company that makes this product along with others and was interested to know what is commonly used out there.
I did search this, but got an error page !?
Cheers, Scott
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Timely question as I am about to complete my yearly CT service and will need to but some new bearing grease. What "grade" or type of grease does your company recommend?
KB
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I use marine bearing grease. I think from supercheap. Been suing it for years with out a problem. Like all grease regular maintenace and checking the bearings is manditory.
Mark
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Timely question as I am about to complete my yearly CT service and will need to but some new bearing grease. What "grade" or type of grease does your company recommend?
KB
Depends KB, but HTB would be best. Blue greases like LMX or PHD and even the Valplex from Valvoline are good also, particulary in boat trailers due to their water resistance to wash out. However, the better the higher temp, the better for the bearings.
I'd still be interested to hear which greases are used and their brands.
Cheers, Scott
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Thanks Scott.
I too would be interested to hear what others use.
KB
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Castrol Marine or Nulon.
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Castrol Marine or Nulon.
Lost, the Marine is the same as LMX or PHD (blue greases). Why Nulon ?
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Lost, the Marine is the same as LMX or PHD (blue greases). Why Nulon ?
always had good results from all their products.. they are probably no better than Valvoline really... but they work for me.
Innox stuff is also good.
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I use the marine grade inox grease, I used to work at a marina and we used that stuff on the tractor and crane bearings, never had any major problems......
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always had good results from all their products.. they are probably no better than Valvoline really... but they work for me.
Innox stuff is also good.
Nulon products are very good, particularly their greases, which are predominately made in Australia.
Innox branded items are also good, only a couple of their lines are Australian made, such as the MX-6 product.
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Dont you just use whatever is laying aorund in the shed....?
Whatevers in that dusty, greasy tub with the lable that came off years ago...............
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Dont you just use whatever is laying aorund in the shed....?
Whatevers in that dusty, greasy tub with the lable that came off years ago...............
Exactly what I do.
Though I'm pretty sure the label that used to be on it at one time said Castrol HTB.
If not then I have no clue what it is but I know it works.
Bill
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Exactly what I do.
Though I'm pretty sure the label that used to be on it at one time said Castrol HTB.
If not then I have no clue what it is but I know it works.
Bill
And the cool thing about that bill, is its probably 20 yrs old, yet hasnt broken down at all. Where I've had tubs of grease that have almost turned to a watery consistance.
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And the cool thing about that bill, is its probably 20 yrs old, yet hasnt broken down at all. Where I've had tubs of grease that have almost turned to a watery consistance.
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That's the "soap" or grease breaking down and thus the oil begins to seperate turning to quite a liquid consistency, which can happen after around 2 years, primarily occurs with NLGI 2 or lower greases.
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Sometimes I use blue stuff, sometimes red stuff, sometimes grey stuff - whatever happens to be lying around.
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I use the marine grade inox grease, I used to work at a marina and we used that stuff on the tractor and crane bearings, never had any major problems......
x2 Inox high temp grease marine grease
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HTB is good, wouldn't bother with marine grease as I'm not expecting to get water in there anytime soon.
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I use Valvoline Valplex EP Grease, only because I used to run Valvoline 2 stroke and I used to prefer it to the other brands so I guess I became brand loyal.
Any comments about the Valvoline?
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I am about to service the bearings on our cub for the first time will be using timken bearings and timken grease.
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Have been successfully using the Maroon Timken stuff. Seems to work a treat for me.
For some reason, not so good for big brother who lives in the blue State....
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Had to check, Shell Retinax HDX2 with Moly, and its a grey colour. The one tube has been running in two Valiants, two trailers, Mazda van and a Rodeo. Will keep using till the tube is out.
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.........two Valiants..........
My hero...... :cup: :cup:
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Whatever my work has purchased for the w/shop. Mostly Castrol & Fuchs.
Chers, Mike.
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I use Valvoline Valplex EP Grease, only because I used to run Valvoline 2 stroke and I used to prefer it to the other brands so I guess I became brand loyal.
Any comments about the Valvoline?
It's a fine grease, used to be made in Australia, but now Valvoline import from the states.
Valplex EP, LMX, Marine Grease and PHD (Premium Heavy Duty) are the same grease (when Valplex EP was made in Australia).
All the Brand Name greases mentioned are fine greases, just make sure the grease has high temp properties and is either a Bentone or Lithium Complex. These greases give the better/best high temp properties over some Lithium greases.
HTB would be my recommendation followed by the LMX etc....
Cheers, Scott
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HTB would be my recommendation followed by the LMX etc....
Not for unbraked applications, though........
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Nulon extreme disc brake (red) for me........ Serviced the bearings before our big trip to Queensland from Adelaide and even after 5-600 km's a day at 110 km's/hr they were hardly warm...... As a side note I am glad I checked them before I went as the manufacturer had done them up so tight I had to hammer the nut off........ That's one hell of a lot of preload :o
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Just did mine with a mate yesterday. Used Fuchs high temp wheel bearing .
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Just did mine with a mate yesterday. Used Fuchs high temp wheel bearing .
This also is a fine, Austalian Made Grease ! Very, very similar to HTB
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Not for unbraked applications, though........
Why ?
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Why ?
It's too stiff without the heat from the brakes.
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Another for the Nulon grease. IMHO it's the best in the market.
And it's made in Aus by an Australian owned company.
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whatever the guys who do the service use. :D
I am not confident enough to do my own, especially hearing the stories here about wheels overtaking vehicles etc...
Bunyip
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It's too stiff without the heat from the brakes.
Hi Geoff,
The heat generated from the bearing themselves is sufficent enough to allow the grease to do its' job under normal operating temperatures, the advantage HTB has over its' competitors is that it can handle much higher temps (where brakes come into play).
Cheers, Scott
PS. I don't work for BP/Castrol
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Another for the Nulon grease. IMHO it's the best in the market.
And it's made in Aus by an Australian owned company.
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It is very good and is certainly made in Australia by a wholly Australian owned company !
Cheers, Scott
PS. I don't work for Nulon
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Hi all
Just removed one of the disc hubs from the Cub so i can take the bearings and seal to work and get some new ones.
The thing i found was the outer bearing and grease looked like it was brand new but the inner bearing the grease was all black.
Has anybody got any idea why.
Thanks
Cory
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caltex.. cos thats all I can get in a big tub locally.. cost is around $30
Carry on...
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Stuff that works 8) >:D :cheers:
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Here's a copy of a write up I posted in an old thread. Still holds true!
I've been using Moreys since about 1985 when I saw it used on the thread of a drill bit on an oil rig. (Richter rig #5 to be exact) where it connected onto the drill string, then drilled thru the artesian basin, into an oil reservoir, pulled the string and the grease was still there.
My old 60 series did 15 years between repacking the wheel bearings, and when I did repack them about 2 years ago, the same bearings went back in. With Super Red grease of course.
A mate is trialling Moreys Bigfoot at the moment, it is probably going to be ok too, but too early to tell yet. He's only done about 150,000 km including 4 or 5 trips up the Cape (but only from Mareeba) so far.
Cheers
JGM
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Valvolene Valplex ep. Been using it for over 20 yrs, never let me down. But any quality brand name as most mentioned previously are probably every bit as good.
Whats probably more important than the grease though is cleanliness when assembling and packing the bearings properly. Too many people put way too much grease in the hubs.
Kev
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Had a pretty good run with Castrol so sticking with HTB2. The 80's brakes get pretty hot so the high temp stuff does its job well :cheers:
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Nulon Extreme for me, never had an issue with it. pain in @rse to clean up though.
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Have always used Castrol HTB Grease, but after having read some stuff on here, decided to try the Castrol LMM, which replaces the LMX. It is a blue grease. Time will tell how this goes.
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Have always used Castrol HTB Grease, but after having read some stuff on here, decided to try the Castrol LMM, which replaces the LMX. It is a blue grease. Time will tell how this goes.
Which is now called PHD, still the same grease though, trust me
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I've had a good run out of Mobil HP.
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Castrol HTB (trailer has brakes) and really good marine bearing seals
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Penrite High Temp Wheel Bearing Grease. I don't use cheap stuff, sooner or later it will come back to bite - usually when you don't want it to!!!