Grease type for bearings etc...

[drdan]

Hi All,

I've been down to Halfords to pick up a grease gun and some grease so that I can sort out my wheel bearings and other grease points. According to the manual/forum posts I need two types of grease:

Lithium base chassis grease, NLGI #2 (for spiders & yokes)
Molybdenum disulfide lithium base chassis grease, NLGI #2 (for DC & ball joints)

Halfords sell the following greases but I'm not sure which to use:

LM grease
Moly grease
Multipurpose grease

Does it really matter which grease is used? And why? Is there any grease that will work everywhere?

Cheers,

Dan

[laser_jock@work]

Use the dark grey Molybdium Disulphide grease in the ball joints, UJ's and steering end stops. Good for most applications.

[drdan]

Hmmm. Dark grey you say! Okey dokey, time to get down and greasy taking lids off in Halfords.

[drdan]

Oh yeah, almost forgot. What is a UJ? Got the other two sorted.

Cheers.

[lclascaris]

A UJ is a universal joint or also known as a spider.

[drdan]

Ah I see. Ta for that.