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what are the different types of grease needed in a typical diyers garage , obviouslly you cant use wheel bearing grease on a gasket to hold it in place as in a sump gasket or can you? what is high melting point grease used for? just wanted to knoe thanks
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do a google search milkyjoe
theres reams of information
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What a miserable reply from bell boy.
I utilise various lubricants. But in my lock-ups I only use two. Castrol LM for general greasing, wheel bearings and UJs etc, and silicone for positioning things and to aid insertion, for example, spigots into coolant hoses. And don't forget the aerosol-based grease for hinges etc. I don't think it achieves anything but it's the thought that counts.
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What a miserable reply from bell boy.
thanks that was all i was asking for much apreciated
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I would suggest a fairly comprehensive selection would be
General purpose high melting point grease Most general applications including wheel bearings
MS3 (Molybdenum Disuphide????) for drive shafts and high load areas.
Copper Grease for applications where lubrication/ease of disassembly is needed but where the grease will burn away, eg brake pad slides, wheel to hub surfaces etc.
spray white grease for door hinges etc
Then as a possible for some applications (eg boat trailers going into water often) a suitable under water grease.
Anything after that it becomes more/very specialised and depends on useages etc.
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Which one should I use for a bush?
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I have several:
General purpose cheapo grease from Wilkos for applications which aren't stressed, i.e. locks
Spray grease for hinges and locks
High pressure lithium grease for most mechanical parts/gears/joints
Synthetic grease I bought for the push bike for its wheel bearings etc
Silicon grease for electrical connections and on rubber seals to prevent water ingress
Lithium-based molybdenum disulfide grease for where it says so in the Haynes manual :-)
Ford anti-squeak grease ESEA-M1C-1014-A, to stop fretting of my 5th gear on its splines.
I've never used grease on gaskets as touch wood I've never dropped a sump.
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Mike Farrow
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obviouslly you cant use wheel bearing grease on a gasket to hold it in place
Don't use grease (or anything else for that matter, such as sealants) on any gasket. Gaskets seal by indenting themselves into the surface imperfections of the adjoining faces. Anything put on the surface prevents this action and could result in either leaks or the gasket blowing out. This is the recommendation of all of the gasket manufacturers I had contact with in my 40 years in automotive R&D.
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Well, for the bike I stick to expensive teflon grease which comes in a lovely transparent lime green colour, and everything else gets some copper-slip-in-a-spray-can, which is the BEST INVENTION EVER.
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very very true words..... on new surfaces.
On worn, used surfaces, a little sealing compound is generally helpful. A lot is not!
Small amount of grease to hold a gasket in place is acceptable, too much is not!
Certain gaskets (head gasket etc) must always be without compounds (except that some gaskets come with a compound built into them!)
These are the words of someone fitting gaskets for over 30 years.
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Aerosol silicone lubricant is perfect for sticky / skewing electric windows or sunroofs as well.
I "fixed" a virtually non-functioning drivers side window on the Mondeo over a year ago with this stuff as a last resort , and a year on it's still perfect.
Otherwise I concur with the wisdom imparted in the previous posts.
Cheers
DP
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