What grease is best for ball joints?

What's the best kind of grease for ball joints?

There's a reason Lucas Oil's Xtra Heavy-Duty grease makes the top of our list, and it's not just because Moog recommends it for most applications with its ball joints. It's designed to work in agricultural, commercial, industrial, and automotive applications.

Can I use any grease for ball joints?

The best ball joint grease for your vehicle and environment will depend on a few factors but basically any grease rated "GC-LB" by the NLGI (National Lubricating Grease Institute) is graded to work for ball joints.

What kind of grease do you use on joints?

The best type of grease to use on U-Joints is MOLY grease. This grease is certified for this purpose. You can also use lithium-based EP NLGI 2 Grease, which is of high quality. This grease is also water-resistant and prevents the joints from corrosion and rust.

Can you use silicone grease on ball joints?

Nye's Fluorocarbon Gel 880 is a PTFE-thickened, heavy viscosity dimethyl silicone grease with excellent water resistance and structural stability under a wide temperature range and is our recommended solution for most ball joint applications.

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Is Moly grease good for ball joints?

Here's a quick list of a few of the best grease for ball joints: Valvoline Moly-Fortified Gray Full Synthetic Grease. Lucas Oil Heavy Duty Grease or Lucas X-Tra Heavy Duty grease.

What grease do you use for suspension?

Fluorocarbon Gel 880 is also recommended in this application because of its water washout capability, elastomer compatibility, and wide temperature performance. For a non-silicone based option, Rheolube® 393, a lithium soap thickened, heavy viscosity synthetic hydrocarbon grease, is recommended.

Which grease is best?

When should you not use Moly grease?

Greases containing molybdenum disulfide shouldn't be used in applications that see excessive amounts of water ingress as the molybdenum disulfide can have a corrosive effect of the metal surfaces, and is not suited for bearings and other components that move at a rapid pace.

What is red grease?

Red – mostly for multipurpose synthetic greases. Grey – for those containing moly for many off-road equipment specifications, and. White or undyed greases – typically used in paper machines or food-grade applications.

What is Lucas Red N Tacky used for?

It can be used in many agricultural, automotive and industrial applications. Lucas Red "N" Tacky Grease is fortified with a high degree of extreme pressure additives that give it a TRUE Timken load much higher than other greases of this type. Its especially good for sliding surfaces and open gears.

What does NLGI GC LB mean?

NLGI-certified is a common phrase when talking about greases. Some greases have a NLGI certification mark. For example, a designation of LB means that the grease is suitable for use as a chassis lubricant and a GC-LB designation means that the grease is suitable for use in wheel bearings or as a chassis lubricant.

Can I use marine grease on my truck?

Expert Reply: Yes, you can use marine wheel bearing grease in both your boat and utility trailer. It will not hurt anything at all to use marine wheel bearing grease in your utility trailer.

What is special about CV joint grease?

CV Joint Grease has excellent water washout resistance where in these applications, provides outstanding protection against rust and corrosion. It is also extremely shear stable for both high and low temperatures and provides protection for intermittent operation up to 200°C.

Is lithium or Moly grease better?

Lithium refers to a type of soap base, moly and/or graphite are additives. As for the best, I'd recommend a lithium complex (most common) or calcium complex soap base. Moly is beneficial in many applications, not so good in others(wheel bearings).

Is lithium grease better than regular grease?

Lithium Complex vs.

Lithium-complex greases generally possess good stability, high-temperature characteristics and water-resistance properties. Other performance requirements like extreme pressure, anti-wear, rust and corrosion can further be improved by adding suitable additives.

What is Moly grease best used for?

Moly greases are generally used in operations where high pressure metal surfaces are sliding against each other. These include roller bearings that have very heavy loads and shock loading. Moly greases are also recommended in slow or oscillating motion that is used in universal and CV joints.

Does the color of grease mean anything?

One thing we are sure of, however – color does not denote a particular type of grease, whether it is red, green, blue or yellow. The color is simply a dye added by manufacturers for marketing purposes, to more easily distinguish the different greases in their product lines.

Is synthetic grease better than regular grease?

Synthetic greases use a synthetic lubricant, such as silicone. Consequently, they can withstand temperature extremes and maintain lubricating effectiveness better than conventional greases.

Is White lithium grease good for car suspension?

White lithium grease is the preferred sway bar bushing lubricant, both for its properties as a lubricant and squeak defeater, and also due to the fact that it displaces water effectively.

Do you need to grease new ball joint?

Ball joints allow you to steer smoothly and are constantly moving so throwing a little lubrication their way is a small favor for the big job that they do every day. The rule of thumb is to grease these parts every, or every other, oil change which might seem excessive, but again; little thanks, big job.

Is lithium grease safe on bushings?

Silicone. Lithium is not good on the bushing material.