Grease

[pmapp]

Nope not the musical.


Following on from the thread about the brake servicing and using the red rubber grease, I'm just wondering what other types of grease are needed for particular applications - swing arm bushes/bearings etc.

I've stolen this link http://www.mgocaccessories.co.uk/aca...rease_176.html which was posted by thedonal.

They seem to list most available, so just wondered if someone would be so kind as to post up the types available and where they are used on the bike.

Many thanks in advance,
Phil

[Paul the 6th]

I'l have a look in the haynes manual, see if its in there... I've just had a leaf through my new one & am off to buy some nice new tools from halfords tmorra ...

edit: mis-read that... ignore me lol

I would recommend a lithium based grease.

See here

I use this

[embee]

Agree, Castrol LM is a fine general purpose bearing grease for normal situations.

If you need a water resistant version you could use Castrol CL, suited to things like handbrake linkages on cars etc. but it does tend to stiffen up with age I find.

Useful on bikes is a "white" grease, normally available in aerosol, used on sidestands, footrest pivots etc.

There's copper grease (all-sorts available, Halfords do some) for high temperature applications between steel/brass/iron components, or a similar aluminium version for alum environments (e.g. exhaust studs into heads, or a lot of brake caliper fittings - but not brake seals) for which I like a Loctite product - stick form Loctite 8060.

If you want to protect drive splines e.g. on shaft drive bikes then about the best stuff around is a Honda Molypaste

For rubber/plastics and especially nylon lined cables (clutch etc) you can't beat Halfords Nylon and Rubber Lubricant in aerosols IMO.

Vaseline is handy too, it does a decent job on battery terminals in the absence of dedicated terminal grease.

..and there's always the silicone dielectric grease for HT leads and plug caps, Maplins or Honda products (this) , or Dow Corning DC4.

That'll do for a start.

Where can I get red rubber grease? NOT off the ruddy internet, it?ll cost me more in postage than the grease itself!! ? I?ve never seen it in Halfrauds, are there any other main chains that do it (motor world or whatever)??

I serviced my callipers the other day and needed to remove/bin the dust seals in the end, having some grease in there might be a bonus to stop corrosion and prevent muck directly on main seal i.e. act a bit like the dust seal ...

[pmapp]

Thanks for the replies. Shopping list is being written for the weekend.


Taaaa,
Phil

[embee]

Car accessory shops often have small sachets of red rubber grease, but it works out pretty expensive.

Best places to get tins of it are Bearing Stockists, check in yellow pages etc for your local ones. Typically around a fiver for a 500gm tin, which will last you a lifetime.

[timwilky]

Picking up on what embee has posted. He references copper grease. Folks please be careful, this is not a general purpose grease. I use it for brake pins and the backs of pads. But never on fixings, and definitely not bearings, unless there is a heat element on static components, as he says exhaust studs etc.

Molybdenum disulphide was always the thing when I was in the industry. and the contents of my grease guns still date from then.

I cannot comment of lithium based as I am too old and that is to modern

Ive got Molybdenum & Copper grease, but was wondering what would be used when replacing the axles? Also I have some Esso general purpose grease. Is this ok to be used for wheel bearings & the likes?

Checking the manual they recommend Suzuki "Super Grease" - whats that??