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« on: July 31, 2011, 12:28:12 PM » |
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Well. Its been a few wheel changes now, but this was the longest. I went just about 14K this time. The grease inside the splines and pinion cup looked as fresh and new as the day I put it in. The teeth showed zero signs of wear and there was hardly any sling out at all onto the flange. 99% of the grease stayed inside the cavity where the teeth are (where its supposed to be)
The formula:
I use a tiny bit of Guard Dog 570 rubbed (burnished) by hand and rag into the teeth of both the male and the female spline teeth. Hardly enough to see any build up of grease, just enough to coat the metal.
Then I use High pressure tractor grease from Lucas. Its called X-TRA heavy duty grease. It comes in a white grease gun tube and its for farm equipment....high pressure water resistant. Its actually very similar to that green stuff many use Belray I think. Anyway this stuff seems a bit heavier than than the Belray. I put it JUST on the female side inside the hub. and work in into the teeth and fill up the space around the oppening so the male splines can drag that stuff inside as it goes together.
If you put grease on the flange (male side) most of it will just get pushed off as you mate the two halves together.
Anyways, I hope this helps someone......its going to be my permanent formula for sure!
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Patrick
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« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2011, 01:16:58 PM » |
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Humm, interesting.. I'm old fashioned and kinda of the 'more thicker' the 'more better' crowd .. I've been using marine Belray.. Did you run this monster thru much wet weather??
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2011, 01:20:23 PM » |
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Humm, interesting.. I'm old fashioned and kinda of the 'more thicker' the 'more better' crowd .. I've been using marine Belray.. Did you run this monster thru much wet weather??
We had a very wet run to Daytona. Rain so hard on the freeway cars were pulling off.......I was concerned that water got in there, if it did........it didnt affect the splines at all |
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« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2011, 02:43:24 PM » |
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ChrisJ told me about this a couple of years ago. I used Moly 60 to burnish the splines then used Valvoline Synthetic Wheel Bearing Grease that has the same NLGI-2 spec as the Lucas Heavy Duty. When I pulled the rear wheel a year and a half later, I found everything to be thick and wet even though I had ridden through several frog stranglers.
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« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2011, 02:50:49 PM » |
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The "more is better" philosophy works for some things but really, the best approach is almost always "just enough".
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« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2011, 03:54:53 PM » |
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The "more is better" philosophy works for some things but really, the best approach is almost always "just enough". ' more is better ' is not what I said..  .. |
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« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2011, 04:16:33 PM » |
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The "more is better" philosophy works for some things but really, the best approach is almost always "just enough". ' more is better ' is not what I said.. .. More can apply to anything; quantity, thickness etc. Too thick a grease may not be as effective as a thinner grease, just depends on the application. |
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« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2011, 04:38:42 PM » |
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HMMMM. I just used the Valvoline Synthetic grease with Moly. Not slathered on thick but there is plenty enough. That was 8K ago so we'll see when the Avon wears out.  |
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