HT. Grease in wheel bearings?.
Submitted: Saturday, Nov 01, 2008 at 16:59
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Member - Axle
Have heard discussions previously on which?,. grease for wheel bearings .Some say Ht grease dosen't let enough oil content out to lubricate properlly, I just had a look at some wheel bearings that had been packed with nulon HT grease about 30,000ks ago, and every thing looks fine so far. Anyone had problems in regard to this issue.?
Cheers Axle.
Reply By: howesy - Saturday, Nov 01, 2008 at 17:45
Saturday, Nov 01, 2008 at 17:45
We used HT grease supposedly suited for wheel bearing on one of the sons (EF XR8) The bearings were noisy again in six months.
Re-did them with new bearings (same brand same supplier) and "NO Melt" number 2 from valvoline and good as gold so maybe a dud set but I am sticking with no melt from now on.
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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Saturday, Nov 01, 2008 at 20:38
Saturday, Nov 01, 2008 at 20:38
Hi Howsey, Have taken no notice of valvoline products, but will keep that grease in mind.
Cheers Axle.
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Reply By: MEMBER - Darian (SA) - Sunday, Nov 02, 2008 at 11:12
Sunday, Nov 02, 2008 at 11:12
Been using Castrol HT wheel bearing grease for years - made for the purpose - seems to be a winner - never had an issue.
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Follow Up By: Member - Barry (NT) - Sunday, Nov 02, 2008 at 11:54
Sunday, Nov 02, 2008 at 11:54
agree with Darian,,, but consider this,, the opposite is overtemp and sometimes catastohic failure,,
which is best,, un announced failure or a bit of noise to warn you
HT is my bet and I have used it from box and boat trailers to 50 tonne low loaders,, packed correctly and tensioned correctly,, no known failures over 30 years
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Reply By: Steve - Sunday, Nov 02, 2008 at 11:15
Sunday, Nov 02, 2008 at 11:15
with a name like Axle, I thought you'd be pretty clued up on this stuff
;-))
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Reply By: MrBitchi (QLD) - Sunday, Nov 02, 2008 at 14:00
Sunday, Nov 02, 2008 at 14:00
Have a look at the temperature spec for HT grease you'll find it's more suited to race cars ;-)
Something like "Castrol APX T" is more suited to the range of temps commonly encountered in a street car.
Must admit I've used HT grease on many occasions though, without any ill effects.
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