Lucas red and tacky? Any tips for best grease for your Jeep? Love east coast so typical creeks and mud as usual. Was curious what grease and how often you guys do it for wheeling
Best grease for wheeling
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i enjoy this guys videos, at least worth watching. Red and tacky is often recommended here and after watching the video you can see why.
in all honesty, I just use whats in the grease gun once every 2-3 months, a pump at each joint. as for the joint with the torn boot its pumped until fresh grease comes out.
in whatever choice you make, be aware that mixing incompatible greases can also hinder your lubricity. could go from a tacky mass to a runny liquid.
in whatever choice you make, be aware that mixing incompatible greases can also hinder your lubricity. could go from a tacky mass to a runny liquid.
resurrecting an old thread? again
so what grease to do prefer, standard, general purpose or lithium or synthetic?? mainly for ball joints and universal joints?
inexpensive or expensive ???
what brand do you prefer ??
just looking for suggestions
so what grease to do prefer, standard, general purpose or lithium or synthetic?? mainly for ball joints and universal joints?
inexpensive or expensive ???
what brand do you prefer ??
just looking for suggestions
Just be aware that not all greases are compatible with each other. For existing grease zerk fittings I'd stick with the usual Chrysler red grease, make sure what you buy is compatible with it. or make sure you flush all of the old grease out when switching to a new different type of grease.
Been running Lucas Marine grease on all of my steering/front end components. - especially the Teraflex sway bar quick Discos. I have replaced all of my front end so I'm not worried about grease cross compatibility, but I like the peace of mind for water fording.
Keep pumping until all the old grease has exited and what is exiting has changed to the new grease color.
TNHEADDUCK
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I run the Lucas Marine grease in all my off road vehicles, Red and tacky in my Kubota tractor and road vehicles. Been doing it that way for 10 plus years.
I keep three greases in my three grease guns. I use RedNTacky or Mystik red the most. All my greasable points on the Jeep are greased with it. I keep Green Grease for lubing wheel bearings in different things. I also keep Super Lube silicone grease for anything that needs grease but uses a rubber or poly bushing.
I have no idea what grease was in the various greaseable parts of my TJ when I bought it 5 years ago and without looking at a tube I can't say what I used the last couple times let alone the first few times.
I guess I haven't learned the hard way about mixing the wrong greases and I'm glad I read here about mixing different coolants being a problem.
I'm sure the automotive industry selling the newest stuff is bragging about making progress but they're not mentioning that their real goal of progress is selling more replacement parts.
...something about EVs and batteries... blah, blah, blah.
Beyond the potential grease/coolant issue the TJ is the last bit of sanity I may ever own.
I guess I haven't learned the hard way about mixing the wrong greases and I'm glad I read here about mixing different coolants being a problem.
I'm sure the automotive industry selling the newest stuff is bragging about making progress but they're not mentioning that their real goal of progress is selling more replacement parts.
...something about EVs and batteries... blah, blah, blah.
Beyond the potential grease/coolant issue the TJ is the last bit of sanity I may ever own.
LOL, seems simple enough. I was afraid you were going to say "get the pickle fork out, pull the joint apart and clean it all out and put it back" LOL
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The CO* HATES K-Y, she prefers Royal Organic lube, its eatable ~~~~
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We often times make a big deal about what grease to use but truth be told even most parts stores house brand grease will get the job done if you grease often enough and make sure that you use enough. Things like ujoints actually need to be greased to the point where most would think there are over greased but that really is just right. And if you wheel in the wet like I do you make sure to grease after you get home from a run to make sure you purge out all the contaminates.
The grease compatibility issues that lead to catastrophic failures are not as common anymore as it is pretty rare to find sodium thickened grease at the parts stores. That being said mixing different greases will often lead to a decrease in the performance so it is still best practice to try and start clean or for things like ujoints and tie rod ends to purge out all the old grease.
If you really want to see perpetual industry in action look no further than trailer tongue jacks. You will be hard pressed to find a jack that is not designed to fail in short order.