Grease - What Kind?

[JamesG]

Morning All

Having taken recently taken possession of Poppy's much loved surf I thought it was time to grease her up!

Can anyone tell me what type of grease I should be using? Would a multi purpose grease like this be suitable? http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_165469

This will be my first time getting my hands dirty so any tips would be much appreciated.

[JamesG]

Found the following info in another post.

Wheel bearings
Lithium base wheel bearing grease. NLGI No. 2

Is this suitable?
Castrol LM Grease


Ball joints
Molybdenum disulfide lithium base chassis grease NLGI No. 1 or No. 2

Front drive shaft
Molybdenum disulfide lithium base chassis grease NLGI No. 1 or No. 2

Is this suitable?
Comma CV & Lith-Moly Grease

Does anyone have any idea how much I'll need? Will a tub of each be enough?

Cheers
James

[BUSHWHACKER]

Looks like you've done some excellent research there.

To answer your questions...
Yes.
Yes.
A tub/tube of each will be sufficient.

[Don Logan]

I bought a Sealey 3 way fill grease gun recently, but it won't pump grease through the flexibile nozzle. If you unscrew the nozzle, then it pumps ok, but it's as though it doesn't have the pressure to pump grease through the tube. I got the right grease so it's not too thick for the gun or anything like that. Anyone else had problems with these?

P.S. Whereabouts in Berkshire are you James?

[JamesG]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll get on it over the weekend.

P.S. Whereabouts in Berkshire are you James?

Out in the sticks between Reading and Newbury. You?

[Predictable Bob]

Sounds like you may be near the Slug .....

[KERRSURF]

I bought a Sealey 3 way fill grease gun recently, but it won't pump grease through the flexibile nozzle. If you unscrew the nozzle, then it pumps ok, but it's as though it doesn't have the pressure to pump grease through the tube. I got the right grease so it's not too thick for the gun or anything like that. Anyone else had problems with these?

P.S. Whereabouts in Berkshire are you James?

Do you use the pre-filled tubes, I have found these clean and easy to use, not much pressure required to pump out the grease once it's attached to nipple.

[Don Logan]

I'm in Crowthorne, between Bracknell and Sandhurst.

I bought a cartridge but it didn't fit properly so i scooped the grease out of it and loaded the gun that way. ###### annoying as i can see no reason for it not to work.

[wishbone]

The rubber cup in the grease gun needs to be a different way round depending on whether you use a cartridge or fill it from a tub.

I use cartridges as I've had no joy filling them from the little tubs.

Try Earnest Doe for the moly cartidges - Q8 rembrandt moly. Most motor factors do the normal type.

Rob.

[lord lucan]

I bought a Sealey 3 way fill grease gun recently, but it won't pump grease through the flexibile nozzle. If you unscrew the nozzle, then it pumps ok, but it's as though it doesn't have the pressure to pump grease through the tube. I got the right grease so it's not too thick for the gun or anything like that. Anyone else had problems with these?

P.S. Whereabouts in Berkshire are you James?

make sure you have placed it hard on the nipple, some nipples are hard, to place the nozzle on, keep pumping dont stop , but i have never tried with a flexi nozzle

[GRASSMAN]

make sure you have placed it hard on the nipple, some nipples are hard, to place the nozzle on, keep pumping dont stop , but i have never tried with a flexi nozzle

Now you're talking dirty, have you tried K.Y.???



Gman.

[JamesG]

Hi All

Thanks for the advice. I had a go at the weekend and definitely got to know the truck a bit better (I also had to had to change both headlight bulbs)

The only problem I had was with the Spider joints. I pumped in a few squirts but the grease didn't come out of the overflows as it did with the others. Is this normal or should I keep pumping?

Cheers
James

[poppy986]

Hi there Jame's , boy you must be keen to be ouy there under
the old girl in this weather Odd both headlights have gone ,
you can get to head lights from the front if you got a real good
small pozi drive , saves going from the back .
Boy have I missed her with all this snow and woking earlie's
been a good hour walk in to the depot as I can't use
or I be in one of these Ha ha .
You getting to get used to her little ways ?

Chris

[JamesG]

Hi Chris

I managed to get most of her into the garage so it wasn't so bad I was driving on one lamp for a couple of days so I wonder if that blew the second.

I'd have been off work for at least a week without her!!

[poppy986]

Confused my boy , saw the surf parked up in Tesco's , thought
he would come in and tap me up for some cash ! ha ha till I told
him that it was not mine any more . So if you get approached by
a scruffy looking "postie" asking for money you know who it is !

Off on them 17's tomorrow, what a pleasure to look warward too !

Catch up soon Chris