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| 371.1 | for applications under water....... | HAZEL::YELINEK | WITHIN 10 | Thu May 11 1989 16:18 | 9 |
| Ditto. What type of grease is used for marine (wet) conditions.
Last night I swapped my stainless steel prop. to the Alum. and
obviously saw grease on the drive shaft.
Which of the many many types of grease is this.?
/MArk
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| 371.2 | Greasing the wheel | ROBOAT::HEBERT | Captain Bligh | Thu May 11 1989 16:51 | 15 |
| Lithium grease is the recommended grease for your trailer bearings. It's a
"stringy" grease. I buy it in 5# tubs at auto parts suppliers.
Anti-seize compound (sometimes called anti-seize grease) is HIGHLY recommended
for propellor shafts on I/O and outboard drives. You usually find it in small
(1/2-pint?) plastic jars with applicator brushes attached to the cover. It's
sort of silvery.
If you're not confused enough, there are several types of lower unit lube, and
in some cases, NEVER the twain shall meet. Put the wrong "lower unit grease" in
your lower unit (gear case) and you can ruin it. Particularly if your engine
uses electric shift. My 100-horse took "Gearcase Lube"; my 235 and 15, same
manufacturer, take "Hi-Vis Lube" - which is different stuff.
Art
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| 371.3 | NEVER-SEEZ is one | ATSE::URBAN | | Thu May 11 1989 17:22 | 7 |
| One of the better known anti_seeze compounds around machine shops
is called Never-Seez. Use it on all bolts, studs and nuts, sparkplugs
etc. anytime you re-assemble parts. It retards corrosion and makes
life alot easier next time you have to take it apart. It's especially
good on spark plugs installed in aluminum heads (remember cylinder 1
on the old VW bug???) helps prevent rolling the threads out with the
plug.
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| 371.4 | | SMAUG::LINDQUIST | | Fri May 12 1989 10:12 | 17 |
| ��Lithium grease is the recommended grease for your trailer bearings. It's a
��"stringy" grease. I buy it in 5# tubs at auto parts suppliers.
I don't think this is the right advice. Automotive lithium
grease is not waterproof. Lubriplate (among others) make
grease specifically for trailer wheel bearings. It's called
(cleverly)
Lubriplate
Boat Trailer
Wheel
Bearing
Grease
It's noticeably different from lithium grease in color,
consistency and (I assume) water resistance.
- Lee
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| 371.5 | | CURIE::THACKERAY | Ray Thackeray MR03 DTN 297-5622 | Fri May 12 1989 10:12 | 5 |
| How do you apply the grease? I'm putting an axle onto a trailor
for the first time and although the assembly of the hubs etc. seems
straight forward, I have no instructions on where/how to apply the
goo......
Ray
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| 371.6 | MY WAY | SHRFAC::MASSICOTTE | | Fri May 12 1989 12:49 | 7 |
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TAKE A ZIP LOCK BAGGIE AND THROW IN A HANDFULL OF GREASE.
PUT ONE BRG IN AT A TIME, SEAL TO 1/4" AND GET THE AIR OUT.
SEAL IT AND CHOKE THE HELL OUT OF THE BRG. DOES A GOOD
JOB AND ISN'T MESSY.
FRED
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| 371.7 | Part No. 2260 | BTOVT::JPETERS | John Peters, DTN 266-4391 | Fri May 12 1989 13:32 | 13 |
| What I found is Itasca premium No. 2 white marine grease, Specialty Oil
Company, Inc., Shreveport, Louisiana 71148
"engineered specifically for applications in the marine, automotive,
and recreational industries requiring protection against high
temperature, high loads, and excessive water exposure.
This lithium complex grease is disk brake approved, waterproof, and
is additive treated to provide excellent rust, anti-wear, and shock
loading protection."
Of course, it still does not say explicitly that it's for wheel bearing
applications...
J
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| 371.8 | LUBRIPLATE WHEEL BEARING GREASE! | BIZNIS::CADMUS | | Mon Jun 19 1989 15:23 | 27 |
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LUBRIPLATE catalog # 12892 "trailer wheel bearing grease"
according to mfr- specially fromulated to resist both fresh and salt
water.
Availble at Bliss marine- Dedham Ma. or warwick R.I, E&B marine in
Providence, R.I. or from Golbergs' Marine 9 catalog sales- same catalog
as Bliss & E&B down to cat # and pictures, pages#
$2.35 for 10 oz. Tube
1-800-BOATING
GET THEIR CATALOG- LOTS OF GOOD STUFF AT COMPETITIVE ( FOR THE DISCOUNT
CATALOGS) PRICES.
Much better pricing than the local know-nothing boat SALES stores.
"Just because we siold the boat to you doesn't mean we are supposed
to know how to fix it for the riduculous prices we charge you!"
Dick
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| 371.9 | Save those Alexanders bags! | ARCHER::SUTER | Cold toes! Cold nose! Ain't froze? - Hit it! | Mon Dec 09 1991 16:04 | 15 |
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Just a small note about the trick I used to change the grease
in the Nautique's trailer bearings. I just put the grease gun on
the fitting and fill until the old grease is completely purged. This
procedure, of course makes a mess with the old grease. But, a plastic
grocery-store shopping bag (you know the non-recycle ones) works
quite well. The "handle" of the bag fits over the hub and about 3
lug nuts nice and tight, leaving plenty of room to access the grease
fitting and allowing the purged grease to just drop into the bag.
Nice and neat....
Rick
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