I have packed lots of trailer wheel brains with bearing grease. Sounds like what you need.
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019, 11:11 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > There is some kind of grease that feels like it has fibers in it. Almost > like roofing cement that has fibers in it. It’s probably been 20 years > since I’ve packed wheel bearings so I can’t remember if that’s it, or I’m > thinking of something else. > > > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince > *Sent:* Sunday, March 10, 2019 11:00 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Axel Grease > > > > The lithium stuff is great as far as lubrication goes, but most of the > lithium greases I have seen are much thinner viscosity compared to the > marine grease. > > > -- > > bp > > part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 7:33 AM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > I will try marine grease. Normal white lithium lube is what I have always > used in the past but this is a tricky assembly with all the rollers ending > up in the bottom of the transmission case if I get it wrong. > > > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > > *Sent:* Saturday, March 09, 2019 7:10 PM > > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Axel Grease > > > > That sounds like maybe marine grease. > > > > Chuck, could you use wheel bearing grease, or maybe assembly grease? > > > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince > *Sent:* Saturday, March 9, 2019 7:53 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Axel Grease > > > > > > 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... > > > -- > > bp > > part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 5:35 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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? > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------ > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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