And isn't Axel a person's name? I thought the thing a tire rotates on is an
axle.
Don't pay attention to me. Get off my lawn!
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On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 5:52 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
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> There is some stuff that I have from back in motorcycle days. I don't
> remember where I got it, but it said "salt water resistant" on the package.
> I still use it (the little container lasts a long, long, LONG time). I use
> it to lube the PTO shaft on the tractor and mower. Also use it on the hitch
> pins/draw pins for different accessories. Very sticky stuff, but it's not
> black. More like a dark brown.
>
> I could take a picture of it, but that container must be 30 years old...
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> On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 5:35 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> When I was a kid, my grandfather had a container of axel grease. Like
>> grease the hubs/axels of a horse drawn vehicle axel grease. It was sticky
>> nasty black stuff. The only use I knew about was he would grease the ball
>> hitch on his car prior to pulling his camp trailer.
>>
>> Tomorrow I start the reassembly of a big ol dump truck transmission. One
>> of the things I will need to do is to mate the input shaft to the main
>> shaft and the input shaft has a bunch of needle bearings inside. Always a
>> touchy thing. You grease up the input shaft, carefully place the bearings
>> and hope they do not fall out during assembly.
>>
>> I wish I had some of my grandfather’s axel grease. I am considering
>> melting some paraffin and adding some grease to make a sticky facsimile of
>> what I remember.
>>
>> Anyone know of a super thick and sticky grease?
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